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Herjolfsnes no.66
This second type of hood, dated to the end of 14th century, was found
in a bad condition, wrapped around a leg of a skeleton, during
excavations in Greenland. The person who wore it, was 173 cm tall. The
hood was sewn from 2 symmetric parts that were cut width-wise from a
60 cm-wide piece of fabric. Fabric leftovers were used in front on
the chest and on the top to extend the liripipe to 50 cm long. The
hood is for a head with circumference of 57 cm. Some liripipes of that
time were actually much longer, up to 90 cm.
Based on: Meddelelser om Gronland, Buried Norsemen at
Herjolfsnes; Dr.phil. Poul Norlund; Copenhagen 1924; C.A.Reitzel
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