woollen material, cut out a little for the neck, and with a long projecting tongue at one of the upper angles. It was fastened at the waist by a long woollen band, which went twice round the body, and hung down in front. On the left side of the corpse was a bronze sword (fig. 31), in a wooden sheath. It is 2 ft. 3 in. in length, and has a solid simple handle.
Fig. 69.—Bronze necklet in Bergen Museum.
At the feet were two pieces of woollen stuff, about 1412 in. long and 312 in. wide (fig. 78), the use of which does not seem quite clear, though they may be supposed to have been leggings. At the end of the coffin were found traces of leather, doubtless the remains of boots. In the cap, where the head had been, was some black hair, and the form of the brain was still recognizable. Finally, this ancient warrior had been wrapped round in an ox's hide, and so committed to the grave.
Fig. 70.—Bronze torque from Norway, in Bergen Museum.
The other two coffins were not examined by competent persons, and the valuable information which they might have afforded was thus lost to us. The more indestructible things were, however, preserved; consisting of a sword, a brooch, a knife, a double-pointed awl, a pair of tweezers, a large double button or stud, all of bronze; a small double button of tin, and a javelin-head of flint.
The baby's coffin produced only an amber bead, and
