Summary

Portions of Viking clothing trimmed with fur and samples of cloth of coarser and finer texture, from Eigg, 900 - 950 AD

Accession Number

X.IL 164

Other references

Original description

VIKING PERIOD. Portions of clothing, trimmed with fur, & specimens of cloth of coarser and finer texture. Eigg. KJD notes, Registration date reads '1878, 1882'. [MoS Labels for 3 items] Cloth from woollen tunic. Cloth with raised pile, from a shaggy cloak. Unspun wool.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1878

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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