[Bonetools] Object from river Thames

[fiona beglane]

Hello Ronald and Christian
See attached.
L=107.4mm, W1=10.9mm tapering to W2=8.3mm at the pronged end, D1=8.4mm tapering 
to, D2=5.6mm.  Rectangular cross section but with rounded corners.  Obliquely 
sawn or chopped and then smoothed at the W1 end.  3 prongs, central prong has 
smooth close texture, right hand (missing) prong has a hole into the structure 
and a starburst pattern radiating out from this that seems part of the structure 
of the material.  Very fine grained structure.  I actually wondered at the time 
if it was bone or not, but this object was not my main aim ... so I took 
measurements and some snaps for future reference, but I'm afraid I don't have 
any ideas what it is.  


Christian,  please feel free to put these up on the WBRG website.
I would also be very interested in any thoughts people had.  

Fiona





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From: Ronald Caddy <ronald.caddy at sky.com>
To: fiona beglane <fionabeglane at yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, April 11, 2011 5:01:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Object from river Thames


Hi Fiona,
            Looking forwards to hearing from you. Can you also tell me what you 
think your artifact is made of,because somebody else has contacted me to say in 
their opinion my object couldn't be made of bone.  

Best wishes,
                        Ron.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:02 PM, fiona beglane <fionabeglane at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello Ronald and Christian
>I have a note and a sketch that I took of a similar (?) (but broken) object that 
>I saw in the bowels of the National Museum here in Ireland.  I have not been in 
>the office for a few days, but will be there tomorrow and will dig out my 
>notes.  
>
>Fiona
>
> 
>
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 From: Christian Küchelmann <Info at knochenarbeit.de>
>To: BONETOOLS of bone <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
>Cc: Ronald Caddy <ronald.caddy at sky.com>
>Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 3:39:53 PM
>Subject: [Bonetools] Object from river Thames
> 
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I received a request from Ronald Caddy, England, about a strange bone item found 
>at the banks of the river Thames. Further details and a photo are visible on the 
>Mystery Tool page of the WBRG-website:
>http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=20
>
>If anybody has any suggestions about ist function please send a note to Ronald 
>Caddy (ronald.caddy at sky.com) and also to the list for discussion.
>
>Best
>
>Christian.
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