Putting my sense of humour aside, I wondered if fur was more likely the garment of choice, in particular in winter, such as seal skin. In this event, it would sort of disappear or disintegrate, whereas the wool would be more inclined to resist decay. On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 04:40 AM, Tirabasso wrote: > > Stephen, > > Doesn't it make you wonder...If the hood was found... where is the > rest of > the clothing? Why just a single piece of clothing? > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen davie" <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:03 PM > Subject: [<orcadia>] Re: Orkney hood-reply to Fiona - no longer > tinkering- > now we are tailoring! > > >> Fiona: >> >> I took a look at the hood on Sigurd's website. I can't believe the >> depth of knowledge that man has amassed. Great descriptive piece. I >> noticed that it is in a museum in Edinburgh. Seems it was made of >> wool, >> which comes as no real surprise. So, that gets us down to the >> shoulders. I guess a shirt type of garment could have been extended >> from such a hood, like a hooded sweatshirt. As to legs and feet, that >> is still a mystery to me. >> >> Your comment on subject title changes is duly noted. Thankou. >> >> Stephen >> On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 08:19 AM, Fiona wrote: >> >>>>> Steve, one item of clothing I did see in the museum there in >>>>> Kirkwall >>>>> was a >>>>> cloth hood worn over the whole head witht the face cut out. Sort >>>>> of a >>>>> Balaclava looking item. It had been dug from the peat.. It was >>>>> there >>>>> for a >>>>> short visit and was to return to another museum. >>> >>>> Interesting. do you recall what kind of cloth it was? >>> >>> There's some information about the Orkney Hood in the archives of the >>> Orcadian website: >>> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/archive8.htm >>> and >>> http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/minehowe2.htm >>> >>> And also on Sigurd's Orkneyjar website: >>> http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/orkneyhood.htm >>> >>> It was on show at the Orkney Museum for a while, along with the >>> replica >>> which was made. I'm not sure if the replica is still on show at the >>> Museum, >>> hopefully someone else will know this. >>> >>> >>> Also - can I make a small plea? If people email the list on a >>> different >>> subject could they please change the subject heading of the email? >>> Apart >>> from making it easier for people who receive a lot of email to see >>> what they >>> want to read, it will also make it easier for anyone browsing the >>> archives >>> of the list for subjects of interest. >>> >>> Fiona >>> Orkney >>> >>> >>> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >>> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >>> word >>> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >>> >> >> >> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >> word >> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >> >> >> > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

On 28 May 2004 01:35, stephen davie wrote: > Putting my sense of humour aside, I wondered if fur was more likely > the garment of choice, in particular in winter, such as seal skin. In > this event, it would sort of disappear or disintegrate, whereas the > wool would be more inclined to resist decay. It is more likely that given the circumstances of the find, the hood, in common with Iron Age tradition, was deposited deliberately - given the quality and effort that went into making the garment. The gods/spirits/whatever were choosy when it came to offerings.... -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

> Sigurd: The gods/spirits/whatever were choosy when it came to offerings.... OR - not so poetic: ... there is only a little in man's head to rot away ... (compared with his belly) ... :-)