Askekarr Ship, Goteborg Stadsmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Askekarrskeppet, or the Askekarr Ship, a clinker-planked Viking knarr, or Norse merchant ship, c. 930 AD, discovered 1933 in a field beside the Gota Alv river, in the Museum of Gothenburg, or Goteborg Stadsmuseum, a history museum founded 1861 and housed in East India House, in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. The 13m long ship is made of oak boards fastened with iron rivets and waterproofed with sheep's wool soaked in pitch. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074134
Media ID
45705786
Size
5879px x 8268px
(15.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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