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Swedish Wedding Costume
March 1965
Traditional wedding costume from Leksand (Sweden), from the exhibition of peasant costumes at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm . The costume consists of a red bodice with white blouse, and a blue skir...
Gol Stave Church
March 1965
Wooden stave church from Gol, at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Bygdøy, Oslo. The name Stave refers to the wooden posts, or staves, that support the roof. The interior is medieval, ...
Fire Engine
[1970s]
19th-century fire engine, at the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax.
Bridal Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Bridal tapestry from Drivstua (Norway), dating to around 1600. The tapestry is double-woven in frieze form, and is made up of four pieces sewn together. It is heavily patterned with human figures and ...
Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Fragment of tapestry, or Baldisholteppet, from Oseberg (Norway). The tapestry is brightly coloured and decorated with figures on horseback, and a bearded figure with birds ( St. Francis of Assisi?). T...
Dales Kitchen
Unno, Bertrand
[1960s]
Display of Dales kitchen furniture and utensils in the setting of an old Dales kitchen, at an unidentified Yorkshire museum. The furniture includes a wooden dresser, table, chair and stools. Various u...
"Lapp Shaman"
March 1965
Display showing a Sami nåjd, or shaman, in the Sami exhibitions at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm (Sweden). The shaman beats a magic drum.
Dales Kitchen
Unno, Bertrand
[1960s]
Display of Dales furniture, in the setting of an old Dales kitchen, at an unidentified Yorkshire museum. The furniture includes wooden chairs, a set table, a spinning wheel, a grandfather clock, shelv...
University Archive
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1960-1980
This file contains original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning Stewart Sanderson's activities as an academic folklorist. Its contents seem to have been selected by Sanderson for d...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
1836-1985
The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...
Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
Langhorne, Richard
1971
M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...