[Bonetools] Fwd: Zahnbürsten

[Annie Raath]

Christian,
These look similar to late 19th early 20th century toothbrushes from 
South Africa (British Colonial contexts), see attached image. I have 
been searching for information on them myself and so far, all I know is 
that the handles were made from cattle femurs and the bristles from boar 
hairs. Here are some sources that came up on an online search - I 
haven't actually gone through any of them yet, but they are worth 
checking out.

L’origine merveilleuse des choses de tous les jours, Charles Panati, 
Éditions FIRST, 1989.

Le livre mondial des inventions, sous la direction de Valérie-Anne 
Giscard d’Estaing, Éditions Fixot, 1996 et 1997.

Weinbeger, Bernhard Wolf. An introduction to the history of dentistry, 
with medical, dental, chronology & bibliographic data. St. Louis, C.V. 
Mosby Company, 1948.

If anyone has any more information on this, please keep me posted.

Annie



Christian Küchelmann wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> does anybody happen to have information on comparative finds of Early 
> Modern Time toothbrushes made of bone?
> The attached object has been found recently in the city center of 
> Bremen. It is probably dating to the late 18th or to the 19th century.
>
> Best
>
> Christian
> -- 
> KNOCHENARBEIT
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> Hans Christian Küchelmann
> Diplom-Biologe
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> Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany
> tel: +421 - 61 99 177
> fax: +421 - 37 83 540
> mail: info at knochenarbeit.de
> web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de
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