Osterby Man

The head was discovered on 26 May 1948 by Otto and Max Müller of Osterby, who were cutting peat on their father's land, at 54°26′51″N 09°46′09″E / 54.44750°N 9.76917°E / 54.44750; 9.76917.

[2] The skull was wrapped in fragments of a deerskin cape and had been damaged by being struck with a blunt object before it was sunk in the bog.

It had been coloured a reddish brown by the acids in the bog; microscopic analysis showed that it had been dark blond and that the man had had some white hairs.

[6] In a re-examination in 2005, isotopic analysis showed that at least during his last year of life, the man ate meat remarkably rarely, and did not eat seafood.

[8] The knot appears in several Roman depictions and on at least one other bog body, Dätgen Man (who wore his on the back of his head).

[10] The skull was wrapped in fragments of a garment, measuring approximately 40 by 53 centimetres (16 by 21 in), consisting of tanned pieces of leather sewn together.

[11] Löhr's data included markedly shrunk teeth and the complete lower jaw associated with the skull, which has a protruding chin.

However, more recent analysis has shown that in his original preparation of the skull for exhibition, Karl Schlabow added an unrelated lower jaw.