[Bonetools] Unusual find

[Alice Choyke]

Etan - I really like that solution.
Sarah - you need to look closely where the tool is worn because this
suggests the form of attachment.

Alice

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Etan Ayalon <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il>wrote:

>  Dear friends, Sarah and Alice,
>
> This interesting tool does not seem sharp enough to be an awl or a needle
> (although we don't have a section here). The fixing/tying hole + 2
> depressions show it is part of a complex tool. What about one of several
> teeth of a medieval hay-fork or winnowing-fork? At least in the Levant they
> are very common (but made of wood).
>
> Etan Ayalon
>
> Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
>
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