Kapten Hans Jonsson

We have a new face in our office...and not much more than just a face. The bust of Kapten Hans Jonsson of Regelskeppet Vasa, reconstructed in silicon from forensic analysis of his skeleton found aboard Vasa, has just been delivered to our office. He will continue on to the exhibits department for installation in the ship hall soon, but for now he 'lives' with us. The detail and realism of his face are incredible--absolutely dumbfounding. Everyone who has been queuing up outside our office to 'meet' the captain has uttered something about expecting him to speak or move at any moment. He is unfathomably real right down to the creases around his eyes, the sweat on his brow, and the stubble on his cheeks. He is so real that we regrettably have to put a plastic bag over him in order to work. It seems so disrespectful to disrupt his steadfast gaze, fixed toward our window and the patch of water beyond where the Vasa and Kapten Hans Jonsson plunged to the bottom some 375 years ago.

Kapten Hans Jonsson av Regelskeppet Vasa