. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 597 The spur occurs in a boat found iu Nydam Moss, Sleswig (PI. Lxxv), aud described iu the early i)art of tliis book. Iu this boat the ends of the iveel pUiuk coutiaued beyond the stem and stern aiul tapered into points, and it is suppose*! that these points were covered with irou for use on either side of the Fig. 114. Side Helm in a Ship on a Stone in Alsno Parish. Upland, Sweden. ;Fn>m Dii Chail


. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 597 The spur occurs in a boat found iu Nydam Moss, Sleswig (PI. Lxxv), aud described iu the early i)art of tliis book. Iu this boat the ends of the iveel pUiuk coutiaued beyond the stem and stern aiul tapered into points, and it is suppose*! that these points were covered with irou for use on either side of the Fig. 114. Side Helm in a Ship on a Stone in Alsno Parish. Upland, Sweden. ;Fn>m Dii Chaillu, "The Vikmg Age," 11, [). U'i, Fig. 91.').) I'^or defensive purposes a war girdle {viggyrdiI) or war hurdle (vigMeM) s\ , placed ui»on the ship. Their ai)plication is not qnite intelligible lioiii the few meager accounts given.*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution


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