Viking man
A Danish immigrant living in the
His clothing is fashionable and modern, drawing mainly on Danish styles, but with some British touches such as the pennannular brooch and the narrow-legged trousers. He has a moustache and fashionably-trimmed beard, and his hair is fairly short.
He is able to afford well-made and richly coloured clothes; poorer people had to make do with plainer colours. The main piece of clothing is a fine woollen tunic, edged with brightly-coloured tablet-woven strips, and decorated with embroidered strips of linen. On his head is a leather cap, and around his neck is a silver pendant in the shape of Thor’s hammer- a sign of his Pagan religion. He has a silver bracelet and two rings- one of silver and one of jet. Around his waist is a leather belt with copper alloy buckle and strap-end. From the belt hang an iron knife (with carved bone handle) in a decorated leather sheath, and a leather pouch decorated with punched patterns, closed by two toggles. He is wearing linen trousers, decorated with embroidered strips: this again is a sign of his wealth; the poor would make do with rough woollen hose. On his feet are leather boots, each tied up with a leather lace- on the ends of these are copper-alloy lace tags. Over his shoulder he is carrying a short cloak; this is made of heavy wool cloth, woven with a thick pile, giving it a shaggy appearance. He has taken this off but normally it would be wrapped around his upper body and fastened at the right shoulder with the large silver pennannular brooch.