[Bonetools] Object from National Museum Dublin

[Christian Küchelmann]

Dear Fiona,

your object is now set on the mystery bone tool page for further  
discussion:
http://www.wbrg.net/index.php? 
option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=20

Yours

Christian
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Am 12.04.2011 um 12:56 schrieb 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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> 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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