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The Naked Body
On the Tollund Man's head was a pointed leather cap made of eight pieces of sheepskin with the fur side turned inwards. The pieces had been sown together with thread which was probably made of wool. It was thick as button thread, and a needle the size of a small darning needle had been used. Most of the bog bodies originating from the Iron Age are either dressed or the clothes have been placed next to them or over them. In most cases the clothes consist of a cloak made of leather pieces from either a sheep or an ox. Usually it's a matter of two cloaks where one was worn with the fur side turned outwards so it would help keep the rain out.
The Tollund Man might also have been naked when he was placed in the bog, or maybe the people who hung him forgot to bring his clothes on his last journey from the place where he was hung. Another possibility is that the clothes were placed next to him in the grave but have disappeared during the centuries due to peat-digging or other unknown reasons. Only 80 metres from the location where the Tollund Man was found, another bog body had previously been found - Elling Woman. She was wearing a cloak made of pelt and had another piece of pelt wrapped around her hips and legs.
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