[Bonetools] bone tool of the month

[Anne Brundle]

The comb is listed as antler in the report, but I am interested to hear
other opinions. Anyone passing through Kirkwall, do drop in!

 

I don't know the eastern European small and miniature combs, I think
Steve and Julia may be some of the very few people who have seen them
and the Orcadian combs. Arthur Macgregor's 1985 account (p.78) predates
the discovery of several of the small combs in this museum, and I think
the overall interpretation may be different now.

 

Re small combs, where does the idea of 'beard combs' come from? 

 

Anne

 

 

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From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of S O'Connor
Sent: 26 October 2009 13:17
To: 'Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study
ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.'
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] bone tool of the month

 

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

 

 Dr Sonia O'Connor FSA FIIC ACR                   

Archaeological Sciences

Division of AGES, University of Bradford

Bradford, West Yorkshire,  BD7 1DP

UK.

 

tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)

fax 01274 23 5190

 

 

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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[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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