Man from Rude-Eskildstrup
The man from Rude-Eskildstrup ( Danish Træmanden fra Rude-Eskildstrup ) is a 42 cm high wooden figure that was found in 1880 in Rude-Eskildstrup on the Danish island of Zealand, standing vertically in a swamp .
The figure represents a seated man with a distinctive beard, face and hair and a three-row necklace. These neck rings are made of gold and known from finds from Sweden. They can be dated to the 5th century AD. The man is wearing a robe, his arms are resting on his lap, on which a pillow-shaped object lies. The man is the youngest wooden figure found in Iron Age moors and wetlands in Denmark. He may represent the end of a tradition of sacrifice that began in Scandinavia in the late Bronze Age . The Mannetje van Willemstad is more archaic .