Birna, is the Old Norse name for Bear. A name uttered when both Vikings and Bear were in Scotland. The fabric of Scotland is interwoven with Norse language, genes, placenames and stories

This doll is a more recent ancestor of Breejah, whose clan honored bear, and the Bear Grandmothers in the Cave of the Grandmothers.

Making process

This doll is made by needle-felting, using British core wool from small holdings. Her clothes are upcycled fabrics - from an vintage Scottish woolen mill mohair scarf, and a synthetic faux fur wrap.

• Her wrap holds a small jasper bear pendant

• The cord around her waste is made from synthetic wool formed by using a Viking lucet

• The lucet made circular cord around her hair was made with wool from the Scottish Isle of Colonsay which was hand dyed with nettle by Balnahard Wool Growers.

• Her bag was knitted with a jute twine and embellished with a cowrie shell and Scottish limpet shell (and created to hold small sacred objects)

• Her hooded piece is kitted

Measurements

• Height - 36cm

• Widest part - 26 cm
  
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  UK - Tracked 48 via Royal Mail
  The rest of the world International Tracked via Rpyal Mail