Strings of amber, jet, and glass beads from Bornholm / Jutland.
In May 2019 my mum and I took a trip to Edmonton to visit the Royal Alberta Museum. I took so many photos, but didn’t get around to blogging about the exhibit of Viking age items from Denmark.
Today’s post is all about amber, jet, and glass beads.
Interpretation of a man’s outfit
In my last post I gave a bit of a sneak peek for this post – about embroidery.
There’s a lot of controversy or discussion around the use of embroidery on Viking age garments between reenactors. There are a LOT of people who love their highly embroidered cloaks and apron panels, but there have been a scant number of textile artifacts that display embroidery.
The Cammin casket- c. 1000 CE (replica)
At the Danish Viking Exhibit at the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) there was a display entitled “A casket for a princess?”
“Fit for royalty, an expert Viking carver likely crafted this casket for a princess’ dowry.
Display of pins, rings, and keys from the RAM exhibit
Today’s post from the Royal Alberta Museum Viking display from Denmark is from a display with a number of trefoil brooches, penannular brooches, pins, rings, and keys. I’m not entirely sure what the common element is between all of these – other than things made of (mostly) bronze, worn as personal adornment.
Søllested, Denmark harness bow
One of the absolute show-stopper pieces at the Danish Viking Exhibit hosted at the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) was a gorgeous harness bow.
Dawn's Dress Diary 