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Bags & Pouches

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/* Lyre Shaped Bag */
|Archaeology =
* Birka, Sweden. Found in at least 5 graves, 3 of which were men's graves. One bag (BJ 949) was possibly made of squirrel fur, with the fur on the outside of the bag. [GRAESLUND 1984]
* Other finds in Grobin, Lettland. Norra, Abyggeby, Gastrikland. Austers, Gotland.Tankeeva. Eura, Finnland. [GRAESLUND 1984]
|Discussion =
The suspension rings suggest this type of bag was suspended from the belt. One bag contained fire stone, suggesting the bags may have contained fire lighting equipment, with the cross bar being the fire steel. [GRAESLUND 1984]