[Bonetools] medieval drilled phalanges

[h13017cho at helka.iif.hu]

Dear colleagues,
   More strange bone tools -this time from a medieval house context in Visby 
on Gotland (Sweden). These cattle first phalanges were drilled through the 
proximal end and filled with lead. The cut marks look more like cuts from 
defleshing and hide removal to me. Curiously, these objects will NOT stand 
upright with the lead in them so gaming pieces are out. We have identical 
objects from rural medieval contexts, cattle and horse first phalanges  drilled 
through the proximal ends but without the lead. I assumed the Hungarian 
objects must be some kind of toy (phalanges standing in as harnessed 
animals with a toy wagon) or some kind of crude, ad hoc handle.   Any 
ideas out there? 

Alice
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