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Wooden cups, a wooden trough, and a wooden bowl, all from the Oseberg ship burial.
A wooden ladle and a carved wooden handle from the Oseberg ship burial.
A bucket that contained blueberries, and an oak lid with carving round the edge and a valknut design in the middle.
A wooden bucket and a wooden trough from the Oseberg ship burial.
A simple wooden chest in Vikingskipshuset. This chest would originally have held a sailor's possessions as well as being their seat while rowing. This…
The Oseberg ship burial include four sleds or sleighs, all decorated with wooden carving. When they were found, traces of red, reddish brown, black,…
A wooden hoe that was buried with the Oseberg ship burial.
Wooden tethering pegs from the Oseberg ship burial
A decorated sled pole made of beech wood.
This handle fits into the slot on the head posts and would have enabled a person to carry it as part of a ceremony.
These carved wooden heads were once part of a tent frame.
Sheet block for the sail on the Oseberg ship.
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…
These photographs show pieces of rope from the Oseberg ship, some with wooden ties still attached.
The leather rudder strap was part of the fastenings for the steering oar.
Beckets were used for securing ropes on the ship.
The parrel (left) was used to fix the sail to the mast on the ship. The rope tighteners would have been used wherever needed in the rigging.
A decorated wooden piece from the Oseberg burial. It is uncertain exactly what it is for.
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…
A wooden pitchfork from the Oseberg burial
