The man from Muldbjerg
An oak coffin was excavated from a mound at Muldbjerg, western Jutland, in 1883. The man in the coffin was dressed in a knee-length coat of wool held together by a leather belt and over this he wore a woollen, kidney-shaped cloak. The costume also included a pair of foot wraps - two rectangular pieces of woollen material that lay at his feet. A double-button made of horn, two fibulae and two round bronze plates, so-called tutuli, were attached to the costume. On his head he wore a hat with a furry surface or nap made from numerous small, thin treads ending in knots. On the right-hand side of the coffin was a bronze sword in a finely decorated wooden scabbard. The coffin is dendrochronologically dated to 1365 BC.
![The Muldbjerg coffin. The man from Muldbjerg](/typo3temp/assets/images/csm_Egekiste_fra_Muldbjerg__Untitled_00036_63a4e5a821_a9ffb54263.jpg)
![The Muldbjerg man, as he lay in his coffin in 1883. Drawn by A.P. Madsen. The man from Muldbjerg](/typo3temp/assets/images/csm_Muldbjerg_tegning_01_c6617f4f39_1e3df2964d.jpg)
![On the inside of the Muldbjerg man's hat you can see fine stitchings as concentric circles. The man from Muldbjerg](/typo3temp/assets/images/csm_Muldbjerg-hue-inderside_b3241ddfb7_042c5cd452.png)