Extant crest fibres

I have found the magic gold nugget of the internet! A fibre from a thread that held a helm crest on!

http://www.unc.edu/~dchaggis/2007%20Report.html

   
The website states:
 "Susan Muller-Wiering (Center for Textile Research,University of Copenhagen) submitted a report on a piece of thread recovered from a bronze helmet crest (02-0013) from A1400 in 2002. It is about 3 mm in diameter, with a z-spin direction, made of vegetal material. The fibers are very fine, clinging together in bundles. There are some so-called dislocations along the fibers, suggesting bast fiber, probably linen. It is seemingly a sewing thread, used to fasten the plume to the helmet crest."
  
Very exciting.