Grave boat, Vasteras Konstmuseum, Vasteras, Sweden
Boat, in which a body was placed, from an Iron Age grave at Tuna, Badelunda parish, near Vasteras, in the Vasteras Konstmuseum, a museum of Swedish art, founded 1972, in Vasteras, Vastmanland, Sweden. Of the 8 graves at the site, only this 1 boat remains, preserved by the clay earth. It is a 7m long expanded log boat, made from a hollowed pine tree, with plank sides fixed with roots or other plant materials, and 5 ribs of juniper wood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074323
Media ID
45835755
Size
8268px x 5715px
(11.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
