A timber A-frame rack hung with cleaned fish drying in the fjord wind — the foundation of Norse winter food storage. Period: Viking Age, c. 793-1066 CE.
Norse fishing villages on the Atlantic and Baltic coasts produced skreid — wind-dried cod and pollock — by hanging cleaned fish on outdoor timber racks for weeks. The rack was simple: two A-frames joined by horizontal poles, fish strung up by the tail. This piece fuses rack and fish-rows into one print.
Painting tips
- Wood: weathered grey-brown, salt-bleached top.
- Fish: silvery grey, slightly drier on the upper rows.
- Optional: a light salt frost on top.
Historical sources & further reading
- Lofoten skrei traditions
- Viking-Age coastal site finds
⚠ Small parts. Not suitable for children under 14.





