Caps, Scarves, Hoods and Hair nets
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Caps with hair showing [V]
A small cloth cap like those from York, Lincoln and Dublin
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- York, England. 3 caps, all of silk.
- Lincoln, England. 1 cap of silk.
- Dublin, Ireland. 16 caps, 4 of silk and 12 of wool. 4 of these finds are only possibly from caps. [WINCOTT HECKETT 2003]
- Dokkum, Netherlands. [BRANDENBURGH 2009: p.69-70] c.568-651AD?
- Birka, Sweden. 1 cap of silk, Grave 946. Secured with a silver tablet woven band.
Discussion
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Cap from Coppergate, York
Cap based on Wincott Heckett Reconstruction
Cap size comparisons
Headscarves
This style of head covering is frequently depicted in books and worn by re-enactors. To the best of our knowledge there is currently no real evidence for women wearing this style of head covering. Algren in his 1966 book 'The Viking' depicted almost all of his Viking women wearing this type of scarf. Algrem invented this head covering because he believed that "In those days a married woman had to cover her hair." [ALGREN 1966:p.201]. In the absence of any real evidence for head coverings he seems to derived this simple although probably inaccurate article.
Scarf as depicted by Almgren in 1966
Dublin scarf with hair showing [V]
[WINCOTT HECKETT 2003] [OWEN-CROCKER 2004, p.224]
Hoods
Hooded Cloaks
See Large head cloth
Sprang hair net [V]
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- York - interpreted as leggings?
- Birka (HAGG 1986, p.51)
Discussion
Sprang hair nets have been recovered from Danish bog finds 800-500BC. A later interpreted find from Vindonissa, Switzerland is dated to 100AD. A possible sprang loom was found in the Oseberg burial. Although this was probably a tapestry loom [INGSTAD 1992]. A few fragments of possible sprang have been found in Birka [HAGG 1986: p.51]
Other sprang finds include leggings from Tegle, Norway, C6th and some fragments from York that have also been interpreted as leggings.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprang
References
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