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Bags & Pouches

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* [[S-S#Hedeby|Hedeby]], Denmark. 1 find [GROENMAN VAN WAATERINGE 1984: pl.24 no.2]
* [[S-S#Birka|Birka]], Sweden (---) 12 graves with leather fragments interpreted to be from pouches. Pouches often contained coins and/or weights but also mirrors, beads, pendants and copper alloy studs. [GRASLUND 1984]
|Discussion=Ostergärd discusses a method of making pouches in medieval Greenland from sheep scrotums. The scrotum was cut away, cleaned inside, the wool removed, packed with hay and hung out to dry. [OSTERGARD 2004: p.39]
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== Leather Box pouches ==
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