Viking Objects
Reproduction Weaving Tablets
Wooden weaving tablets for creating tablet-woven braids. These are based on examples found in the Oseberg ship burial.
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Reproduction Spade
Spades would have had metal shoes to aid with cutting the ground when digging.
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Reproduction Shovel
A reproduction wooden shovel based on fragments found at York.
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Sword (1989-59/7113)
This Viking Age sword was found in Grave 511 at Repton where the invading Viking Great Army had their winter camp in 873/4. When it was found, the sword had traces of a wooden scabbard attached to the rusted blade. Analysis showed that the scabbard was lined with fleece and covered in leather. The grip was wooden and covered in a woollen textile.
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Reproduction Wooden Box
A reproduction wooden box based on examples from Lincoln, York and Norway. The box is decorated with bone strips carved with a circular dot design. Boxes like this would have been fastened with padlocks
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Reproduction Game Board
A reproduction oak game board based on one from Coppergate, York. This is a larger-than-usual hnefatafl board with no significant squares marked out. Gaming pieces have been laid out on it in some of the photographs, but it is likely that a board this size would require more pieces on the outer edges (the attackers).
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Reproduction Wooden and Bone Spoons
Most ordinary people in the Viking Age would have used spoons made of bone or wood. These are typical examples of the types of spoons that people would have had. Wealthier people would have had copper alloy or silver spoons.
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Reproduction Wooden Bowls
Many everyday utensils would have been made from bone or wood. These photographs feature examples of wooden bowls.
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Reproduction Shield
A reproduction shield based on examples from Gokstad and Trelleborg. The face is covered with linen, based on traces of linen found on the reverse of a shield boss at Cumwhitton, Cumbria. The rim was covered in wet, stretched rawhide which was allowed to shrink and dry in place. The iron, carinated boss is a type that is common on Viking Age sites in England and Scandinavia