Viking & Dark Aged
Equipment
Viking Tents
Large Viking Tent
Based on Oseberg Tent from the Oseberg ship find
Source location: Oseberg ship find, Oseberg, Norway
Dating from : 800 - 850 CE
Canvas Tent made by Bojo
Tent frame made by Thatshim ( Gary Baker ) and Indunna ( Jenny Baker )
Our new Viking Tent frame with Gokstad no.4 heads
Based on the Gokstad Tent
Source location: Gokstad ship burial 48 Lower Gokstad, Gokstad Lower, Sandefjord, Oslo, Norway, / Westfold Norway
Date: 890 AD
Canvas Tent made by Bojo
Tent frame made by Thatshim ( Gary Baker ) and Indunna ( Jenny Baker )
Historical Source Information
Viking Tent
Oseberg Tent from the Oseberg ship find
Source location: Oseberg ship find, Oseberg, Norway
Dating from : 800 - 850 CE
Collection information: Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Oseberg
References:
A. W. Brøgger, H. Schetelig: Osebergfundet II. Kristiania, 1928
A. W. Brøgger, H. Schetelig: Vikingskipene deres forgjenger og etterfølgere. Oslo, 1950
Anne Stine Ingstad: Hva har tekstilene vært brukt til? Osebergdronningens grav. Oslo, 1992
N. Nicolaysen: Langskipet fra Gokstad ved Sandefjord. Christiania, 1882
Oseberg Tents
http://www.khm.uio.no/utstilling/faste/vikingskipene/telt_eng.html
Link to Museum photos of original
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=260862KHM
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=260861KHM
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=365434KHM
Gokstad Tent
Source location: Gokstad ship burial 48 Lower Gokstad, Gokstad Lower, Sandefjord, Oslo, Norway, / Westfold Norway
Date: 890 AD
Collection information: Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Oseberg
References:
Nicolaysen, N. 1882, The Viking-Ship Discovered at Gokstad in Norway/Langskibet fra Gokstad ved Sandefjord, Christiania.
Link to spec drawings of original tent heads
http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/content/PPN561535841/800/0/00000117.jpg
Encampment Equipment
Oseberg Oil Lamp Spike
Hand Made by Thatshim ( Gary Baker )
Based on the Oil Lamp on spike from the Oseberg ship find
Source location: Oseberg, Norway
Dating from : 800 - 850 CE
Historical Source Information
Oil Lamp on spike from the Oseberg ship find
Source location: Oseberg, Norway
Dating from : 800 - 850 CE
Collection information: Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Oseberg
References:
A. W. Brøgger, H. Schetelig: Osebergfundet II. Kristiania, 1928
Link to Museum photos of original
Historical Source Information