A bit more Saami stuff.

[Wayland]

OK you're probably bored of this stuff by now but I've just worked out how to post up a working link to a digital museum site that some of you may find interesting.

Go and get yourself a cup of coffee and maybe some cakes and have a look here.

344 pages of beautiful and interesting stuff.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I'm in, cheers Wayland, I may be, some..... time!

 

[Ruvio]

I'll have a look through that now
see you in 4 hours

tar wayland

 

[Radix lecti]

Fascinating stuff Wayland,the link has been added to my favourites. Thanks for sharing.

 

[robin wood]

lots of good stuff in there, easily searchable too for instance lapska sked gives 20 pages of nice reindeer horn spoons. Was a bit disappointed with the lack of Kåsa though not sure if there are more there under a different name.
Thanks

 

[Wayland]

Try "lapska skopa"

 

[Hoodoo]

Fine link! Thanks for posting it.

 

[pango]

OK you're probably bored of this stuff by now / 344 pages of beautiful and interesting stuff.

I wish you'd stop doing this sort of thing, Wayland. I had things to do this morning, so I'll just have another quick look before I get out the door.

"I know, sorry sweetheart, bit of an emergency............."

 

[Wayland]

Well that was a productive couple of hours.

I got a few new ideas, saw some stuff I'd never seen before and found the hollow iron I'd been looking for.

 

[Wayland]

Another interesting site here.

Just tick the box that says "Visa endast föremål med bild" to filter the objects without pictures.

 

[Ironside]

Fascinating site. Is there anything like this for the UK?

 

[robin wood]

Fascinating site. Is there anything like this for the UK?

That is a very interesting question. Years ago I visited the ethnographic museum in St Petersburg. An amazing building almost on a par with the British Museum but stuffed full of the objects of daily life of ordinary Russian people. In the UK we have wonderful collections from other cultures around the globe and we also have great collections of high art produced for those right at the top of the social scale (eg half a dozen suits of armour made for Henry VIII) Where can we see the stuff of normal life for most people though?

The Weald and Downland, St Fagans and Museum of English Rural life at Reading are the best.

 

[Wayland]

I don't know of anywhere with an online collection though.

 

[armie]

Thanks Wayland, Saami artwork is really interesting.
I wanted to etch my name into my billycan, but now I think I'll try to etch some Saami (-like) artwork too!

 

[drewdunnrespect]

ours later i finally return to bcuk and actually enter the real world again having looked at both those sites slowly but surely now then thats what i call art work and i wish i had talant like that