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RE: ~BAI > Bronze Age clothing...props

Seán,

> The styrofoam and plaster Lia Fail is for a photoshoot. I am not in
> Ireland or I'd do it at the actual sights. I am publishing a
> hardcover "table top" pictorial of The Legends of Ireland. As opposed
> to a bunch of paintings,I have enlisted several men and women to dress
> and pose as the characters in Irish mythology. It goes without saying
> The Lia Fail plays a significant role in Irish Mythology and I just
> don't feel I could do a spread without including it somewhere in the
> book. Any ideas as to where I might find the specifications on it?...I
> am about to check a few of the more prominant megalith sites on the
> web as soon as I finish typing this post.Sláinte chugat!

Sounds like an interesting and ambitious project. Which legends are you going to
deal with? I'm sure people here would be more than happy to discuss choices of
jewellery, weapons, etc also. There is still too much out there which presents a
confused picture of how people ought to look in a given period in Ireland. This
is, after all, part of what we're here for...

Stiof
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Can anyone direct me to a link that has REALLY GOOD images of Irish Bronze Age clothing as well as maybe an instructional on how to make them. I have seen such...
Seán Wheelock
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Feb 6, 2006
1:39 pm

... Yikes... the only possible source that comes to mind is the presence of surviving clothes on BA period bog bodies... The Cregganowen reconstruction might...
Stiof MacAmhalghaidh
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Feb 7, 2006
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I have a postcard of a roundhouse from Craggenowen, obtained in 1992. Would it be of some help?? Anne ... From: Stiof MacAmhalghaidh Date: 02/07/06 13:46:26 ...
Anne Maguire
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Feb 7, 2006
9:55 am

The styrofoam and plaster Lia Fail is for a photoshoot. I am not in Ireland or I'd do it at the actual sights. I am publishing a hardcover "table top"...
Seán Wheelock
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Feb 7, 2006
11:31 pm

Seán, I live in Navan (5 mins from Tara and the Lia Fail), so if you have broadband, I could email some decent digital photos and measurements at the weekend...
Stuart D. Elder, MIAI
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Feb 8, 2006
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Seán, ... Sounds like an interesting and ambitious project. Which legends are you going to deal with? I'm sure people here would be more than happy to discuss...
Stiof MacAmhalghaidh
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Feb 10, 2006
2:28 am

I will probably cover a good bit of The Mythological Cycle, focusing on The Tuatha Dé Danann. However I would also like to include a few bits from The Ulster...
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