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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 man from Muldbjerg
The Muldbjerg coffin.
The man from Muldbjerg
The Muldbjerg man, as he lay in his coffin in 1883. Drawn by A.P. Madsen.
The man from Muldbjerg
On the inside of the Muldbjerg man's hat you can see fine stitchings as concentric circles.