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Kelvin Wilson hat geschrieben:I think I once saw in Marija Gimbutas' book "The Balts" a photograph of a sheepskin jacket- the fur on the outside, open down the front and with long sleeves- found in Poland (I believe) and dated to the Iron Age.

I have not seen it since. Does anyone know anything about this find??


Thank you,


Kelvin Wilson

Sylvia hat geschrieben:I will take in look a the book - maybe i will find out more. I know about a Fur-Cape found with a joung girl in a peat boog.

Thomas Trauner hat geschrieben:As far as I remember, the girl with the fur-cape is pictured in Schlabows:
Kleidung der Eisenzeit.

Hope this helps.

Thomas

Kelvin Wilson hat geschrieben:Wait a minute: this is really a sheepskin jacket... in my memory it looked like something a Hollywood costume designer would design for a 'barbarian': a woolly, shraggy coat. It is not a cape!

Kelvin