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==Evidence sources==
*The Voyage of Ohthere from King Alfred's Orosius. Othere was from Halgoland and traded via Hedeby to London. He described the tribute paid to him by the Finlanders as:<br>
:"Everyone pays according to his substance; the wealthiest many amongst them pays only the skins of fifteen martens, five reindeer skins, one bear's skin, ten bushels of feathers, a cloak of bear's or otter's skin, two ship-ropes (each sixty ells long), one made of whale's and the other of seal's skin." [HAKLUYT 1893:p.178]<br>
:Ohthere also says the following about the walruses that lived to the north of Halgoland: "which have very good bone in their teeth; of these teeth they brought some to the king; and their hides are very good for ship ropes".
:Owen-Crocker describes the Finlanders tribute as "bear or otter skin cyrtles" [OWEN-CROCKER 1998:p36]<br>
*Al-Mukaddasi, Shams Al-Deen Abu Abdallah. 985AD "fur of steppe foxes, martens, foxes, beavers, spotted hares and goats" [HOWARD-JOHNSTON 1998:p.69]
===Ropes===
Ropes or cords of whale, walrus and seal skin are mentioned by Ohthere. The walrus was skinned in a continuous spiral beginning at the tail.<br>A good site about ship ropes is at [http://den.vikingkings.com/PortalDefault.aspx?portalID=117&activeTabID=969&parentActiveTabID=898 Viking Kings AS]
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