Oseberg ship burial replicas

[Eindride]

Few of the items I've made. Although not ships they are replicas from the Oseberg ship burial. 

I've included pictures of the originals where possible. 

I'm in the process of making a new bed from beech as per the original. The one in the photos is pine.

Edited July 6, 2023 by Eindride

[Louie da fly]

Very nice! I used to do Viking period re-enactment, and those artefacts are pretty amazing.

 

I know what all of them are for except the little cylindrical thing in your hand(though I suppose I could make a guess - for spices, salt, something like that).

 

Steven

[Eindride]

39 minutes ago, Louie da fly said:

Very nice! I used to do Viking period re-enactment, and those artefacts are pretty amazing.

 

I know what all of them are for except the little cylindrical thing in your hand(though I suppose I could make a guess - for spices, salt, something like that).

 

Steven

Hi Steven.

You're spot on with your guess. There were several in the grave they contained seeds.

[GrandpaPhil]

Very nicely done!
 

What is this?

[Eindride]

1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Very nicely done!
 

What is this?

Thank you.

It's called a Niddy Noddy ( yes I kid you not). It's used for winding wool/yarn into skeins. 

[GrandpaPhil]

Very cool!  Thank you very much for the information!

[rvchima]

Eindride,

 

I tried to comment a few days ago but it seems like the post did not take.

 

Your work is beautiful! I love the carving on the bed headboards.

 

But I think that you have made a mistake on the niddy noddy. The end pieces should be perpendicular to each other and not in the same plane. Then the yarn is wound as in the attached photo. I wonder if the Oseberg niddy noddy was crushed in the burial.

 

My wife is a (former) hand weaver and spinner, and has done a lot of research on Vikings for a couple of recent novels. She informed me that the small wooden containers in the Oseberg burial contained cannabis seeds.

 

I built the Billings model of the Oseberg ship a few years ago. There should be a link to gallery photos in my signature file.

[Eindride]

On 7/11/2023 at 3:04 AM, rvchima said:

Eindride,

 

I tried to comment a few days ago but it seems like the post did not take.

 

Your work is beautiful! I love the carving on the bed headboards.

 

But I think that you have made a mistake on the niddy noddy. The end pieces should be perpendicular to each other and not in the same plane. Then the yarn is wound as in the attached photo. I wonder if the Oseberg niddy noddy was crushed in the burial.

 

My wife is a (former) hand weaver and spinner, and has done a lot of research on Vikings for a couple of recent novels. She informed me that the small wooden containers in the Oseberg burial contained cannabis seeds.

 

I built the Billings model of the Oseberg ship a few years ago. There should be a link to gallery photos in my signature file.

Hi Rod.

Thank you, I said I wouldn't do another bed but I've started on one 😅 

The Arms on the Oseberg Niddy Noddy's were in the same plane as far as research shows as they are attached by mortice and tennon joints. I've attached a photo of the original. 

Your wife is correct about the cannabis seeds in the small containers. 

 

Edited July 13, 2023 by Eindride

[Egilman]

49 minutes ago, Eindride said:

 

They are ancient.... 

 

A painting by DaVinci...

The title is Madonna of the Yarnwinder one of two versions painted by DaVinci  circa 1501 to 1507 and presented to Florimond Robertet, a secretary to King Louis XII of France.

 

From Wiki...

 

Quote

 

The composition shows the Virgin Mary seated in a landscape with the Christ child, who gazes at a niddy-noddy used to collect spun yarn. The niddy-noddy serves both as a symbol of Mary's domesticity and as a foreshadowing of the Cross on which Christ was crucified. The painting's dynamic composition and the implied narrative were highly influential on later High Renaissance depictions of the Madonna and Child by artists such as Raphael and Andrea del Sarto.

 

It's an ancient tool with many useful purposes still in use today by yarn makers...

[Eindride]

[rvchima]

They obviously work either way. Thanks for the demonstration.

[Wawona59]

My next project will probably be the Drakkar "Oseberg" kit by Pavel Nikitin.  You've given me an idea for the presentation of the model.  I need to do more research as to what was included in the burial ship and how the artifacts were laid out.  Thank you for sharing.  Your woodworking and joinery is outstanding.