HaiGan opened this issue on Jan 01, 2005 ยท 11 posts
leather-guy posted Sat, 01 January 2005 at 6:35 PM
Suggestions? Bundles of sticks. Rolled and stowed tent fabrics and stakes. And, especially popular from the middle ages thru the old west; the portmaneau (not sure of the spelling), a kind of cylendrical leather suitcase. Today they're mostly reserved for carrying large maps and blueprints in long narrow tubes, but for many years they were made in a variety of lengths and diameters with straps and rings for securement to saddles and wagons. Sometimes made like a capped-quiver style arrangement, sometimes split and hinged along the length with encircling straps and buckles to secure. Wodden palanquin (again, not really sure of the spelling, or even if it's the proper word, but I'd describe it as a crossed wooden framework used on pack animals to create something like a mini truck-bed atop the animal's back (often used with camels as well - http://camelphotos.com/sphoto/arabs_camels.jpg ) for freight or passengers. Wooden chests and coffers, too.