A new test of a small gaming piece of Viking in the National Museum of Denmark’s collection revealed that the hair is so detailed that researchers believe it was photographed by a co -operative that was actually fashionable in the 10th century.
“It is unusual that we have such a clear reflection of the Viking, even a three -dimensional. It is a small breeze and is as close as we will ever reach the Viking image,” says Peter Paints, who is a curator at the National Museum.
Only three centimeters (1.2 inches) high, the piece was discovered in 1796 in a 10th -century horse burial hill in Wacan near the southern Norwegian city of Osloofjord. This Wallers are carved out of Tusk and depicts the head and chest of a man with a thick mustache, a long, looted beard and side burns. Her hair is separated in the middle and has a wave on her side that exposes her ear. The back of her hair is short.
Peter Paints says, “So far, we have not received any detailed information about the Viking Hair style, but here, we get all the details – even the small curl has been marked above the ear. This is the first time we see a data of the Viking with our hair with our hair.”
The arms have been damaged, but the beard indicates what is known as the bearded statues that are bearded or bearded. New research suggests that he is king at the Norris Strategy Board Game Hnefatafl. Stretching beards is a symbol of masculinity, fertility and monarchy.
It is one of the first items offered by the National Museum, which is now ranked 589 out of more than two million items in the museum collection. Keeping in storage for 200 years, currently the museum exhibition on Wicking Ciruses is available for data display as part of the Wolf Wolf.
