Showcase On the Body
B1
Shoe fragment | Lime bast | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | ALM
Footwear
Footwear For the Stone and Bronze Ages there are shoes made of leather and linden bast.
Illustration: G. Embleton | APM
B2
Textile fragment | Braid | 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM
B3
Garment pins | Bronze | 900-1000 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen, Dettingen, Bad Buchau-Wasserburg and Switzerland | APM, LMW, REM
Garment pins
Prior to the invention of zippers, buttons and hair ties, garment pins were used to fasten clothes or tie back hair. These pins come in different sizes. The smaller ones were suitable for hairstyles and fine fabrics. The larger ones held coarser fabrics together. Grave finds provide information about how the various pins were worn.
Illustration: G. Embleton | APM
C1
Pendant | Boar tusk | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | ALM
C2
Pendants | Dog teeth | 3000 BC | Sipplingen-Osthafen | APM
C3
Beads | Glas | 950 BC | Hagnau-Burg | Slg. Gieß
C4
Pendants | Stag canine teeth| 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM
C5
Bead | Amber, perforated twice | 1000 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | APM
C6
Beads | Sloe seeds, perforated | 3900 BC | Horn-Hornstaad Hörnle | ALM
C7
Beads, drill | White limestone, flintstone, antler, red limestone | 3900 BC | Ludwigshafen-Löchle | APM
C8
Pendants | Limestone, perforated | 3800 and 3000 BC | Ludwigshafen, Sipplingen- Osthafen | APM
C9
Bracelets | Bronze | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | LMW
C10
Bracelet | Bronze | 1600 BC | Bodman-Schachen | APM
C11
Earring | Bronze, jet | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | APM
C12
Jewellery, dovetail-pendants on a chain | Bronze | 1000 BC | Auvernier (Switzerland) | REM
C13
C13 | Jewellery, dovetail-pendants | Bronze | 950 BC | Hangnau-Burg | RGM
D1
Pan flute | Elderberry wood, residues of red paint, string impressions | 2900 BC | Bodman-Weiler II | ALM
Music
We don’t know the melodies and tone sequences of the pile dwelling orchestra, but we do know which instruments were used – such as flutes, whistles, drums and rattles.
Illustration: G. Embleton | APM
D2
Stamp | Pottery | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | LMW
Body adornment for a day
Ötzi, the Iceman from the Stone Age, had several tattoos etched into his skin using charcoal dust. If you didn’t like a real tattoo, you could use these clay stamps and natural colors to create beautiful patterns on your arms and legs. Have you ever had a temporary tattoo?
Illustration: G. Embleton | APM
D3
Rattle | Pottery | 1000 BC | Bad Buchau-Wasserburg | APM
D4
Razor | Bronze | 900 BC | Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen | APM