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Mesolithic clothing

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Dane:
Nice drawing, Andrew, very clear how it is designed.

Frank, the museum site has information on all the various things Otzi carried, materials made from, etc. The photos are not great, but the one you posted is excellent.

Dane

Pat B:
I have a few pics somewhere of reproductions of Utzi's gear at the Natural History Museum I took a few years ago in Washington. When I find them I'll post.

medicinewheel:
Yes actually it was chamois, not goat; I have a picture of one made alike that is goat...

JackCrafty:
I've seen a reference to ancient leather garments from Asia that are made of thin leather with slits cut into it to provide ventilation.  It looked like expanded metal and I think the shoes and shirt of the individual were made from it.  They were discovered in a frozen grave in Siberia....but can't remember anything else.

As a rule, if a garment was made of fur-on leather, the fur was placed on the inside...like Eskimo clothing.  I'm not sure if the fur on Ozti's has was on the inside or outside, though.

I'm curious to know if there was (is) an easy way to keep leather clothing from being ruined by sweat?  I would think that stone age man spend a lot of time keeping his leather clothing dry and relatively smell-free.  Perhaps a thin coat of beeswax on the inside would help?

Interesting topic.

medicinewheel:

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As a rule, if a garment was made of fur-on leather, the fur was placed on the inside...like Eskimo clothing.  I'm not sure if the fur on Ozti's has was on the inside or outside, though.
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Wasn't sure about that and googled for Inuit parka pics; they had fur inside, fur outside, and seems like fur both in- and outside.
It's an interesting question: how did they keep the cloth from being ruined by sweat; especially the fur parkas of the Inuit always appear as if they just came out of the Inuit fashion store...

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