VIKING CANVAS TENT AH6413 DEEPEEKA
The Viking age of expansion was a time when the people traveled widely by ship, both on the oceans and the rivers of their world. Thus, they needed portable shelters that could be carried on their ships and still set up quickly. The A-frame tent met that need, and may even have used the sails of the ships themselves as roofs and sides. This Viking Canvas Tent made by Deepeeka has been designed and constructed from such artifacts as have been found on recovered Viking ships. The highly engraved crossed vertical supports are striking, exhibiting the iconic Viking forms of curled dragon heads, reminiscent of the legendary forms found at the bow and stern of Viking longships. The tent has a rectangular footprint measuring approx. 6.5 feet deep x 5 foot wide, with approx 6.5 foot vertical openings in the center of its triangular end walls. The ornately carved wooden frame is held together by peg and key hole construction secured with rope lashings. The canvas cover is made of thick non-treated canvas cloth and features metal ringlets for lace-tie secure and closure. A truely magnifiscent dwelling fit for a King of the North!