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At 09:41 -0500 N. hemisphere time on 010107 Carolyn Priest-Dorman sent:
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>Ron wrote:
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>>Some cards and attached weavings, and
>>a few other textiles are there to look at, and are also reproduced in
>>publications available at the museum. Indeed there may be more
>>somewhere in drawers, but that's beyond my basic info at a tourist
>>level. The total amount of material found is small, and I think is
>>pretty much all on display.
>
>The Oseberg textile assemblage is *huge*. According to Anne Stine Ingstad,
>who published a brief technical article cataloguing a few of the textiles
>nearly 20 years ago, "the total textile material consists of 277 catalogue
>numbers," which she says makes it "perhaps the finest collection of
>textiles ever found in one grave." There are 74 catalogue numbers devoted
>to domestic, functional, and non-decorative clothing textiles, plus there's
>the truly enormous number of catalogue numbers comprising the tapestry
>woven materials. A small quantity of published material is available on
>each of these categories so far, and it is still very sketchy. There are
>also a few published sketches (and one photo of which I know) of a few of
>the silks, a category of unknown size. But what Nancy and I are really
>burning about is the complete silence so far on the tablet weaving!
But I was referring to tablet weaving Carol. And do note that my
experience is at a tourist level as I stated.
My message was about the Dead Sea Scrolls, not the Oseberg materials.
One assumes that money (=time) is the problem with the Oseberg stuff.
So, apply for some research funds, and connect with some people in
Norway, and have at it. That's how such things get done in my
experience.
Best,
Ron
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