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OK, this pic is from Stuart Reid's 1994 book, Like Hungry Wolves, which has many good illustrations, but the actual clothing is in possesion of the National Museums of Scotland. Because the bodies were recovered from bogs, all the clothing has been stained varying shades of brown. That said, tests have shown that the two bonnets had been dyed with indigo, so they would have been dark blue when new. The head band of the bonnet from Lewis also was decorated with small knots of red wool. It has been suggested that this may be the precursor of the diced headband that came in later, but ah dinnae' ken aboot that ma'sel.
From left to right, these clothes were taken from bodies found in Barrock in Caithness, Arnish Moor on Lewis and Gunister in Shetland. The men from Caithness and Lewis were, unfortunately, both murder victims. They had been killed by heavy blows to the head and then their bodies hidden in the bog. The two fellahs on the right are both wearing what appears to be knee length léine/léinte/shirts, with coats on top.
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