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Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (NF.1991-0337A). Photo was downloaded from DigitaltMuseum.no.

The unique bead necklace from the Vestby hoard, with 353 tin-plated bronze beads. Photo: Kirsten Jensen Helgeland, Museum of Cultural History.

One of the two hybrid figurines from the Vestby hoard: Horned horse. Photo: Kirsten Jensen Helgeland, Museum of Cultural History.

The Grude dagger. Photo: Terje Tveit, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger.

The Grude dagger compared with a more ordinary flint dagger from the Bronze Age. Photo: Terje Tveit, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger.

Front of the crown/bridal lad with strong red, green, gold and white pigments. The lad consists of three different parts: at the bottom, green and red protruding pegs; a series of carved open leaves at the top; and in the middle a thick torse with a red five petal rose with gold tints and a green stem in a kind of rosemaling style. Rosemaling with simple four and five petal rosettes and green stems is usually dated to the late 1700s, early 1800s (Vesaas). The underpart of the crown/bridal lad with three holes corresponding to the upper part of the original crown. Three wooden plugs (dowels) have kept it in Place.

Boot shaft excavated at the ‘Fjernvarme 2010’ project in Tønsberg (C57759/1113), seen from the inside. Photo: Pia Edqvist, KHM/UiO.

Illustration of a type 1 boot shaft from an earlier excavation in Tønsberg (C33968/TG2120) Photo: Anne Britt Halvorsen, KHM/UiO.

Example of Type 1 boot from Gamlebyen in Oslo (C34011/G6608). Illustration after Schia (1977:108).

Boot from Breda, the Netherlands, with sole, vamp and a secondary cut shaft. Goubitz, O,.et al (2001:236).

Shoes and soles from the end of 11th century to early 14th century. Illustration after Erik Schia (1987:402-403).

Shoes during the Middle Ages and their different parts. Illustration after Järpe, A: Ambrosiani, B: Gestsson, G. (1982:356)