prehistoric long hair! (Elling woman, braided bun)

[Eryka]

Hope no one minds but, I watched this and made a translation:

The first few seconds the narrator is just talking about the date and location the woman was found in reference to their earlier discover (the Tollund Man). Next he goes on to describe her leather cape/jacket.

After the jacket bit he starts talking about her hair. He says her braid itself was was 1 meter (3 feet) long. He goes on to describe the braids condition and the fact that it was securely fastened at her neck.

After the hair bit he describes the leather bit that held her cape together. This was done either during rainy weather or during running. He video does not mention anything the article didn't already cover.

The clip didn't actually talk a whole lot about her hair, but they did show plenty of it. Very nifty.


(Another hoorah for Denmark.)

[Igor]

Wow that was really awesome. Thanks for posting!

A real look into the life she had back… I wonder if she made the style herself? And if she trimmed? She was probably cone free though Maybe she oiled?

[CurlyNinja]

Ok, that was just way too cool!! Thanks so much for sharing.

[Diamondbell]

Wow! Very beautiful. Thanks for posting this!!

[Vitalai]

Wow, that is really cool! Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Juneii]

that is incredibly fascinating, and horribly creepy. maybe I'm just really tired and paranoid right now but am I the only one finds looking at the hair on a dead woman's body a little.. I dunno, weird? awkward?

but I do want to try out that hairstyle, it looks really beautiful.

[Katahdin]

Wow, that is so cool. I wonder if she did anything "special" to care for her hair, or if it was just benign neglect...

[Nanni]

It's cool to watch how things where back then. From traditions and fashion to technology.

[Finoriel]

In the meantime I watched the film about 20 times and did not dream of it it´s not too bad. Sadly the film is too small to figure out much more than we already did from the photo.
First part English braid with thin upper section of hair, second part 2-3-2 and third part two-strand rope.
I tried it and it´s a nice style, not too difficult when I ignored the urge to do a rope braid with the ´2´ sections at the sides and just put them side by side. Sadly they did not separate really clearly, I think my hair is too freshly washed for this, with oily hair it should work much better. (Guess that also was her "special" treatment people back then did not wash their hair/body that often, if at all.)
But it was impossible for me to make the 3 strand section line up properly, the sections kept merging or were hiding behind each other, so I chose to English braid it. When I looked the video again, it looks like it could be possible that this was also done with her hair. (Not sure.) So 2 twisted - 3 braided - 2 twisted for the middle section of the braid.
In the video the commentator says that her braid is about one meter (39,4 inch) long. Which is also my guess, because my hair is longer than one meter and my hairlength (ca. 47inch) was barely long enough.
Anyways picture of

Ellingkvinden bun (Danish for Elling woman)

[Seraphina]

Wow.Incredibly fascinating!