[Bonetools] bone tool of the month

[Alice Choyke]

Because of the porosity of the surface, especially on the edge, I would
agree with whale bone. However, I am not very experienced with sea mammal
bone identification. We only have fish in the Danube. It definitely does not
look like antler to me. Is the surface good or is it somewhat weathered?

Alice



On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:17 PM, S O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>wrote:

>  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.
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> Sonia
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> [image: So ne ya]Dr Sonia O'Connor FSA FIIC ACR
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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
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> Hi Alice,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Best wishes
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> 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
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> 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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