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* Russia, Novgorod. A hat made of roots 'in the manner of a rush hat' and 'shaped like a straw hat' [EWING 20062007:p.120]
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It is very unlikely that any straw item would survive to be found. Always on poor people. This kind of hat was depicted in use during the Roman period and again in the C12th. It is likely that such a simple hat was in use by common agricultural workers throughout the Viking Age.
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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 20062007:p.119-120]
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