Reconstructing the Tunic from Lendbreen in Norway
A woven wool tunic with damaged sleeves and repairs to the body dating from AD 230 to AD 390 was discovered on the Lendbreen glacier in Oppland County, Norway in 2011. The Norwegian Mountain Centre in Lom (Norsk Fjellsenter) and the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo each commissio...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/61205 2023-05-15T16:21:57+02:00 Reconstructing the Tunic from Lendbreen in Norway Vedeler, Marianne Hammarlund, Lena 2018-01-15T15:44:38Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/61205 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-63823 EN eng http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-63823 Vedeler, Marianne Hammarlund, Lena . Reconstructing the Tunic from Lendbreen in Norway. Archaeological Textiles Review. 2017, 59, 24-33 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/61205 1543273 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Archaeological Textiles Review&rft.volume=59&rft.spage=24&rft.date=2017 Archaeological Textiles Review 59 24 33 URN:NBN:no-63823 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/61205/2/ATR59_Veleder%2BHammarlund.pdf 0169-7331 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2018 ftoslouniv 2020-06-21T08:51:28Z A woven wool tunic with damaged sleeves and repairs to the body dating from AD 230 to AD 390 was discovered on the Lendbreen glacier in Oppland County, Norway in 2011. The Norwegian Mountain Centre in Lom (Norsk Fjellsenter) and the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo each commissioned a reconstruction of the tunic for exhibition and research into prehistoric textile production. The original was woven in 2/2 diamond twill with differently coloured yarns producing a deliberate and even mottled effect. The reconstruction project investigated the materials required, the likely tools used and the weave, with new investigations into the processes of collecting, sorting, and spinning the wool, the thread system, the finishing treatment and sewing to produce two tunics as they might have been as new with complete sleeves and no repairs. Estimates for the labour required for each stage suggested a total of just over 402 hours per tunic. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Norway Oppland ENVELOPE(12.807,12.807,65.900,65.900) |
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A woven wool tunic with damaged sleeves and repairs to the body dating from AD 230 to AD 390 was discovered on the Lendbreen glacier in Oppland County, Norway in 2011. The Norwegian Mountain Centre in Lom (Norsk Fjellsenter) and the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo each commissioned a reconstruction of the tunic for exhibition and research into prehistoric textile production. The original was woven in 2/2 diamond twill with differently coloured yarns producing a deliberate and even mottled effect. The reconstruction project investigated the materials required, the likely tools used and the weave, with new investigations into the processes of collecting, sorting, and spinning the wool, the thread system, the finishing treatment and sewing to produce two tunics as they might have been as new with complete sleeves and no repairs. Estimates for the labour required for each stage suggested a total of just over 402 hours per tunic. |
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Reconstructing the Tunic from Lendbreen in Norway |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-63823 Vedeler, Marianne Hammarlund, Lena . Reconstructing the Tunic from Lendbreen in Norway. Archaeological Textiles Review. 2017, 59, 24-33 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/61205 1543273 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Archaeological Textiles Review&rft.volume=59&rft.spage=24&rft.date=2017 Archaeological Textiles Review 59 24 33 URN:NBN:no-63823 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/61205/2/ATR59_Veleder%2BHammarlund.pdf |
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