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Mesolithic clothing
Dane:
Pat, I'd love to see those shots if you dont mind.
Patrick, I was just wondering what became of you. Never went anywhere, I am guessing :)
My limited understanding of brain tan is that it stiffens when wet, and has to be smoked or somehow worked to make it supple again. Is that true?
Eventually, I do want to get brain tan for making this clothing. For now, German tanned buckskin will do.
Do you guys think it fair to design backwards using Otzi's much more modern stuff for the mesolithic period? It does give us a very rare glimpse of what our ancestors were wearing in Europe way back then. It seems this touches on ideas and how they were spread, and how universal some things are, like that quiver of Otzi's. It looks like it came from a Souix warrior's gear circa 1800.
Dane
Dane:
Inuit clothing, and other things you find in archological digs as well as still being used in harsh conditions is always so well made, and well taken care of. If you life depends on it, the craftsmanship will always be top rate. That is my thinking, anyway. Look how well Otzi's stuff survived 5000 years under ice.
Anyone have specs and dimensions of his bow? Yeah, I know I am hijacking my own thread, but his bow is facinating. The blood that may have been used as protection alone is an intersting notion we modern bow makers dont try often enough :)
Dane
Pat B:
His bow was an uncompleted stave I believe.
Dane:
My understanding as well, Pat, but does anyone know what it was spectulated to look like when he (or someone) completed it? It was yew, like his axe handle, and there was evidence of the tools used on the bow. Strange it was coated in blood if it was a work in progress, unless he didnt plan to work on it for a while, maybe.
Strange he was carrying an unfinished stave and few useable arrows. I wonder if Otzi had to leave in a hurry?
Dane
Pat B:
Dane, These are the pics of the Utzi reproduction in the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC
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