Hi Stephen,
Take contact to Tuija Kirkinen at the University of Helsinki. She is
identifying hair and feathers from Iron Age in Finland
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best, Kristiina
Quoting Stephen Wickler <[log in to unmask]>:
> I am interested in finding information on specialists who can
> identify animal (and possibly human) hair as well as bird feathers
> and down. I am currently analyzing the remains of a Viking Age boat
> grave (10th century AD) placed in a bog in which there is a pillow
> covered with a wool textile and filled with a thick mass of feathers
> and down. There is also animal hair from what appears to be two or
> more species that may have come from skins or rugs placed with the
> body and possibly hair from the buried individual. The grave is from
> Øksnes in the Vesterålen islands of northern Norway some distance
> north of the Arctic Circle and it is most likely that locally
> available bird species were used for the pillow fill material. There
> is also evidence for a potential Sami affiliation with the presence
> of birch bark above and below the boat and possible placement of the
> buried individual on animal skins within the boat, which has
> stitched planking.
>
> I have been in touch with archaeologists in Norway who have worked
> similar finds but none have experience with the analysis of hair or
> feathers. I will be applying for funding to conduct the analysis so
> I am also interested in a cost estimate. The deadline for the
> funding application is December 10 so it would be helpful to get an
> idea of the cost before this date.
>
> Stephen Wickler
> Tromsø University Museum
> Tromsø, Norway
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