[Bonetools] odd ostrich object

[S O'Connor]

Dear Alice,

 

 

I think that the piece of ostrich shell might not be so much a functional or
decorative object in itself, but a waste piece.  If you want to cut a large
circular hole in the egg you could drill a ring of holes and then break or
saw through the narrow gaps between the drill holes.  I've done something
like this in wood to attach a lock when I didn't have the correct tool cut a
single hole with a large enough diameter. This process produces a waste
piece like the one you have and would leave a hole of roughly the right
shape which could then be filed and sanded to form a circular opening.

 

Happy New Year.

 

Sonia

Dr Sonia O'Connor FIIC ACR
Research Fellow in Conservation
Archaeological Sciences
Division of AGES

University of Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire BD7 1DP

Tel 01274 236498 (office)
Tel 01274 235210 (lab.)
Fax 01274 235190 

 

X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Materials by Sonia O'Connor and
Mary BrooksCheck it out at
http://books.elsevier.com/uk//Elsevier/uk/subindex.asp?maintarget=
<http://books.elsevier.com/?isbn=0750666323> &isbn=0750666323

 


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[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of
h13017cho at helka.iif.hu
Sent: 04 January 2009 18:56
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu; etana at eretzmuseum.org.il
Subject: [Bonetools] odd ostrich object

 

Daniella Bar-Yosef sent this message to the Zooarch list but I thought there
might just be someone on the WBRG list who has an idea what this object is
(I have sent the image in the attachment but it can also be viewed on the
link below). I wonder if it could be some kind of inlay and someone else on
the ICAZ mailing list has suggested a pre-form bead.

 

Alice

 

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Daniella Bar-Yosef <
<mailto:baryosef at research.haifa.ac.il>  baryosef at research.haifa.ac.il >
wrote:

Hello everyone,


I was asked to comment on an artifact made of ostrich egg shell from a Roman
site in Israel. I would appreciate your help. Has anyone seen anything
similar? I have uploaded the photo in bone comments, see link below.


Best wishes for 2009,Daniella Bar-Yosef


 <http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1261#1261>
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1261#1261

 

Dr.Alice M.Choyke

Aquincum Museum

H-1131 Budapest

Zahony u. 4

Hungary

Telephone: (36-1 240-4268)

H13017cho at niif.hu

 

or

 

Department of Medieval Studies

Central European University

H-1051 Budapest

Nador u. 9.

Hungary

(36-1) 327-3801

choyke at ceu.hu

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