[Bonetools] South American worked bones

[ktwiss at notes.cc.sunysb.edu]

Hello:

An Ecuadorian student of mine brought in some lovely worked bone 
artifacts* that were given to her by a family friend. They are presumably 
archaeological pieces from Ecuador; she believes that they are looted 
artifacts, probably from the coast, but she has no direct information on 
this. (And I work in the Near East, and am no help at all.)

I have posted pictures of the artifacts at 
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?t=884.

Can anyone associate the artifacts with any particular era, or tell me 
anything about them? Suggest what best to do with them? 
She is quite happy to donate them to a museum, in whatever country, or to 
do whatever else is deemed best. 
I would appreciate replies to ktwiss at notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Thank you!

Kathy Twiss

*The bifurcated tube-shaped pieces seen in the scanned images are soft 
stone. The 3 elaborately carved other pieces are bone.
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Katheryn C. Twiss
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364
631-632-1539
ktwiss at notes.cc.sunysb.edu
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