Urna

The subject is shown in the base exhibition Uddevalla of all time, Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla. Spin pot or reliquary. Rhineland stoneware made in the Raeren area. In Raeren there were unusually fine clays. The pots were used by spinning shoes to moisten the fingers in, therefore the opening is large enough for a finger. The pot hung around the neck of the spinners or on the spinning coat. It is probably about spinning flax. In Norway, spinning pots were also used as a reliquary. In the pots, sacred things were kept and sealed with wax. Several of the Norwegian finds have a clear connection to ecclesiastical environments. Some findings point to the fact that the pots had been kept in votive or sacrificial documents. In the area of West Scandinavian origin, they may have a particular connection with Nidaro’s archdiocese. A small gravel has been found on the bottom of the church well in Nidarosdom (sanctified to the Old Town). It is believed that a pilgrim lost his ripple when he would fill it with holy water. These small vessels have thus, in addition to the everyday use in the household, also been carried by pilgrims to St Olav’s source in Nidaros or possibly purchased on the spot to store holy water in. Relic - a remnant of a holy person or object associated with it. Relics - containers for relics. From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958: Small urn H: 5.8. Bottendiam: 3.4. Yellow-brown glaze. Damaged. Uddevalla Lappcatalog: 63 Litt: Stalberg, Anne, SPOR No. 2 2005, p. 42-43. Rumar, Lars (Red); The saint in Nidaros. Olavkult o Christianization in the North. Writings issued by the National Archives 3, 1997.s 183-184. Complemented June 2006/UJ Additional compl. made in May 2011/IL