Rediscovering Ancient Crafts: Early Medieval and Viking Leatherworking with John Nicholl

In this video, meet with archaeologist and leather specialist John Nicholl. John will show you some replica leather objects from Early Medieval and Viking Dublin. He will explain how people sourced and treated leather to make objects, and demonstrate the type of tools used by people in the past to make and decorate leather objects.
John has analysed and reported on a wide variety of archaeological leather assemblages from excavation sites in Ireland. The assemblages examined varied in date from the Early Medieval period through to the 19th century and included a wide range of everyday objects from shoes to bags and articles of dress.
This video was recorded as part of the 2023 Bealtaine Festival, celebrating the arts and creativity as we age. During the month of May, the Education and Outreach Department at NMI - Archaeology hosted a series of drop-in workshops. During each of these drop-ins, experimental archaeologists showed and discussed replica artefacts that they made for the Museum's handling collection.
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