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*Ibn Fadlan's Account of the Rus (c.921AD) “They put a hat of brocade and fur on him [The dead chieftain]”

*Njals saga and Ljosvetninga saga. Both mention a 'Russian hat' or ''gerzkr hattr'' being given as Kings gifts. Ewing suggests that these may have been similar to the hat described by Ibn Fadlan [EWING 2007:p.119-120]

|Archaeology=

Though there is a lack of evidence for fur hats from archaeology, there is the fragment from a cap, probably of the pill box style, from the Hedeby settlement which was made from a piled fabric (woven fabric with tufts of un-spun, or loosely spun, wool woven or tied into the fabric). This would indicate that fake-fur hats were worn in the Viking Age. [HAGG 1991:p.59] This hat fragment has been dated to around 877AD [HAGG 2015:p.133]

|Discussion =

Geijer states that no such thing was found in Birka, but she does quote Ibn Fadlan (in her discussion & comparison) who described the clothing of a dead Swedish Chieftain he met at the Volga. Ibn describes the Swedish Chieftain as having been dressed for burial (among other things) in "a golden hat with sable fur". Geijer does go on to say that this is not typical Swedish Viking clothing but is an example of how men would have picked up and adopted exotic bits of clothing whilst on their travels. Hence the apparent variation in male clothing and uniformity in female clothing found at Birka [GEIJER 1938:p.150].<br>