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A beech frame interpreted as a possible sprang loom was found in the Oseberg burial [EWING 2007:p.149]. Although this was probably a tapestry loom [INGSTAD 1992]. Wild states that sprang first appears in Scandinavia in around 2000BC [WILD 2003:p.50]. Ewing makes the point that most Viking Age sprang was 'probably made in linen which rarely survives in the archaeological record' [EWING 2007:p.149].
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Other possible unpublished finds:<br>
*Scotland, Shetland. Impression on the back of a pair of oval brooches.