[Bonetools] bone tool of the month

[S O'Connor]

What  is it made from in your opinion Alice?  Palmate antler? It looks like
whale bone but I can't quite make it out from the pictures of the edge.

 

Sonia

 

So ne yaDr Sonia O'Connor FSA FIIC ACR                   

Archaeological Sciences

Division of AGES, University of Bradford

Bradford, West Yorkshire,  BD7 1DP

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From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Anne Brundle
Sent: 26 October 2009 09:33
To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for thestudy of
object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] bone tool of the month

 

Hi Alice,

 

Many apologies, here is a comb that is interesting me at the moment. It is
from the broch at Howe in Stromness, and is described as 'found in ditch
deposits' dating to the early centuries AD (Ballin Smith (ed) 1994, 177).
This is one of three single-sided one-piece combs in the Orkney Museum (as
distinct from miniatures), but this one has a very very close parallel from
Kettleburn in Caithness, and I'm wondering how many more there may be. 

 

If anyone is interested, the full excavation report for Howe is available
online thanks to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/psas/monograph09.cfm , and the
comb's catalogue number is HH 4907.

 

Best wishes

Anne

 

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From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Alice Choyke
Sent: 25 October 2009 17:33
To: Bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Subject: [Bonetools] bone tool of the month

 

Dear colleagues,
      I am still waiting for all those amazing pictures of bone tool of the
month for 2010. I need twelve and at the moment only two of you have
responded with any pictures. It can be an all Hungarian year but that would
be a pity.

Alice




 

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