Unique Viking textiles found in woman’s grave

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“Finding embroidered textiles from the Viking Age is so unusual that you almost can’t believe it’s true,” says archaeologist Ruth Iren Øien at the NTNU University Museum.
To an untrained eye, the artefact looks brown and dull, but it’s actually something very special: Viking textiles - embroidered wool fabric more than 1000 years old, preserved on top of a turtle brooch.
“Those of us who work with textiles are happy if we find a piece of fabric that’s one cm by one cm. In this case we have an almost 11 cm textile remnant. Unearthing embroidery in addition is completely unique,” says archaeologist Ruth Iren Øien.
In fact, this find was so unique that Øien could hardly believe what she saw through the microscope lens.
“Embroidered textiles from the Viking Age are something we know only from a few opulent graves, like Oseberg and Mammengraven in Denmark,” she says.
The brooch with the textile was found in a woman’s grave at Hestnes in southern Trøndelag county, during excavations in 2020. The grave is dated to approximately 850-950 CE, in the middle of the Viking Age.
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[@suethompson8538]

I wish I could understand what she is saying as this looks fascinating. Thank you for uploading

[@sidselfjeld3312]

Let me help you with translation. The artifact they found in the viking grave is a turtle shield brotch that women wore to held up their dresses. What is special with this brotch is that it was covered in embroiered fabric. That has never been found before. It is very unusual to find fabric from the viking ages. She also said that to provide a hole family with clothes for a year that took almost all of the womens time. Besides that she said that to make a sail for the viking ship you had to use wool from 2.000 shep.

[@SueThompson-w2m]

@@sidselfjeld3312 Thank you so much - that's really helpful. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

[@sidselfjeld3312]

@@SueThompson-w2m My pleasure.

[@julieib2861]

This is simply wonderful. I have a great affection for this archaeological discovery because as an active participant in a medieval historical reenactment group called "Pendragón Grupo Medieval", this tomb has been incredibly helpful, especially with the textile aspect. I am a person who loves crafting, knitting, and embroidery, and the fact that something related and so carefully preserved has been found is incredible. It has made my reenactment work very special. I don't know how I could stay updated with what has been done over the years and what will undoubtedly continue to be done with the findings, but I would love to know if it was possible at some point to determine the colors of the fabrics or things like that. Many greetings from Colombia, and someday my reenactment won't be from so far away.

[@alanablythe]

interesting

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