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Viking-Age woolen fabric on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger

Woolen fabric from excavations at Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/

Tools for Textile Production from the Oseberg Burial

Various tools for textile production, including fragments of woven baskets, wooden bowls, balls of yarn, tablets for weaving, beech wood needles, a…

Textiles from the Oseberg burial

Alongside the tapestries, other textiles were found. These included woollen fabrics, silk, embroideries and tablet-woven bands.

Tapestry featuring Yggdrasill in Ribe VikingCenter

A tapestry decorating the interior of one of the reconstructed townhouses in Ribe VikingCenter. It was produced using authentic materials and…

Reconstruction of a tenth-century 'lady of the house' weaving in pit-house at Vikingemuseet Århus Denmark

'Lady of the house' in thenth-century clothes weaving wool and linen in reconstructed pit-house on site of original pit-house. Reconstruction at…

Reconstructed pit-house on original excavation site, Århus Denmark

Reconstructed pit-house at excavation site, now Vikingemuseet Århus, three metres underneath Nordea Bank in the centre of Århus Denmark. Original…

Loom weights with stamps on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger

Loom weights with stamps from keys or other marks of ownership. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/

Loom weights on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger

Several loom weights excavated at Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/

Loom weights in Shetland Museum and Archives

Viking-Age loom weights from Unst, Yell, Northmavine, Whalsay, Tingwall, Delting, Aithsting.

Lead weights and spindle whorls on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger

Weights and spindle whorls of lead from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/

Full view of the sail on the reconstructed Viking ship 'Sea Stallion from Glendalough'

The windward side of the sail, shrouds, mast. The sails are made from densely woven sheeps' wool dyed with ochre and treated with horse main fat. For…

Detail of the sail on the reconstructed Viking ship 'Sea Stallion from Glendalough'

Detail of the weaving on Havhingten's sail. For more information see…

Bone weaving tablet on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Bone weaving tablet from Fishamble Street. E172:9320

A Loom

A loom in the lobby of Quality Hotel Tonsberg. This loom is being used to weave sails for the replica of the Klastad ship that is being constructed…