https://youtu.be/h3lBIp4byqQ The site of Borgund Kaupang located on the western coast of Norway in the vicinity of Ålesund, is a Viking Age harbor and trade site where occupation and commerce continued until the Late Middle Ages. It was also a medieval ecclesiastic center with evidence of 4 churches, possibly even 5. It is not yet clear…
Category: Museums
THE FABRIC OF OUR LAND Salish Weaving Exhibit – Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Salish weavers would sometimes unravel the colonists commercial wool products for their own work – adding in duck feathers, down skins, or woolly dog to improve the properties and quality.
Traditional and Contemporary Textile Art in Northern Iceland
A trip to visit Heimilisiðnaðarsafnið / Textile Museum in Blönduós, north Iceland.