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  • Collection: Vikingskipshuset

A wooden hoe that was buried with the Oseberg ship burial.

The wooden top and bottom of a hunting knapsack. The fabric body has not survived. The lid has a horse carved into it.

The image shows strap mounts on the left, a dog collar (centre) with wooden whistles on either side of it, and the remains of a dog leash on the far…

The wooden lid of a box with a lock made of horn or whale baleen. At the back of the photograph is a handle from a box.

The logo of the Viking Ship Museum on Bygdoy in Norway

The memorial to Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad who discovered the Viking Age site at L'Anse aux Meadows. The memorial is outside the Viking Ship Museum…

A mount for a knife scabbard from the Borre burial mound.

An oak barrel with hoops of ash.

Oars on the deck of the Gokstad ship.

Oars from the Oseberg ship in situ in their holders.

These carved pieces are original elements of the stem of the Oseberg ship, showing how highly decorated it was and how well preserved the woodwork…

A decorated wooden fragment that may have been part of a bailer.

Part of a decorated wooden bed.

Part of a box found in the hole dug by the grave robbers. In the foreground of the photograph is a clasp from a box.

Part of the shaft from a sled, decorated with metalwork and carved.

Although not as showy now, as they would have been in the Viking Age, these peacock feathers are evidence of the wide international network of…

These photographs show pieces of rope from the Oseberg ship, some with wooden ties still attached.

A pine bucket with an iron handle. It was originally bound with hoops of beech wood. The bucket has a runic inscription that says 'Sigrid owns'.

A decorated wooden piece from the Oseberg burial. It is uncertain exactly what it is for.

The Oseberg mound was excavated in 1904. The excavation was led by Gabriel Gustafson who ensured that the excavation was properly documented. These…

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