626 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



burned clieckerinau of horn Avere found in the grave cliand)er. Tlie 

 most remarkable of tlie remaining articles are two ornamental mount- 

 ings for belts or straps, one of gilded bronze, beautifully executed in 

 a jieciiliar and cbaracteristic style, and the other of lead. Of wear- 

 ing apparel belonging to the deceased a few small fragments were 

 found, some of gold brocade. 



A great number of animals must have been sacrificed on the occa- 

 sion of the burial. The bones of at least twelve horses and six dogs, 

 as also the bones and feathers of a peafowl, were collected from differ- 

 ent parts of the mound. 



Of the numerous articles of antiquarian value found in or about the 

 ship, more or less ijerfectly preserved, the following deserve special 

 mention: 



(a) Fragments of three oak boats that had been broken up i>revious 

 to being deixtsited in the vessel, and no part of which, with the excej)- 

 tion of the keel, can now be put together. Like the shij) they were 

 clinker-built, but instead of holes for the oars they have rowlocks of a 

 peculiar form, festened to the gunwale. Two of the boats have cer- 

 tainly carried a mast. Their size has been comi)aratively considerable, 

 the keel of the largest boat being 22 feet 4 inches in length and that of 

 the smallest 14 feet. Several of the oars belonging to the boats are 

 preserved. They exactly resemble those used for rowing the ship. 



(b) The stock of an anchor ; being of iron it had almost corroded away. 

 {(') A landing stage, or gangway, 25 feet long, but only 20 inches 



wide. It has the upper surface transversely ribbed to give a secure foot- 

 ing. 



(r7) Fragments of sleeping berths, at least four. These berths, a 

 couple of which have been restored, are of much the same shape as the 

 bedsteads now in use among the Norwegian peasantry. They are very 

 low and put together so as to be readily taken to i)ieces and stowed 

 away. 



{e) Parts of a wooden chair, finely carved, that would appear to have 

 been the high seat of the chieftain or commander of the vessel. The 

 side i)ieces — in an excellent state of preservation — are modeled at the 

 top to represent the heads of animals in precisely the same style as the 

 upper ends of the tent supports. 



(_/■) A great variety of kitchen utensils, among which were a very 

 large and massive copper kettle, together with the iron chain, grace- 

 fully wrought, for suspending it oxer the fire; bits of a smaller kettle, 

 of iron, and of the chain belonging to it; luimerous tubs and buckets 

 of different sizes; wooden plates; several small, finely carved wooden 

 drinking (;ups, with handles; and many other articles. No trace of a 

 fire place can be discovered in the ship, nor would it, indeed, have been 

 easy to provide one in an open vessel of this kind. Hence the cook- 

 ing utensils were only of service while (toasting, when a harbor could 



