[Bonetools] decorated antler

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Marloes,
     The restorator who tried to work with old antler trophies had many
problems. It is much more difficult to work on antler that has dried out
completely but, of course, nothing is impossiible only impractical. There
are plenty of examples of Avar containers and medieval powder horns with
rich decorations composed of the  beam and truncated tine bases. But I
understand you want the entire antler. There are Mesolithic examples of
Alces alces from Denmark. The article is in the Crafting Bones volume (and
written by George Nash) and I am sure there are other examples. I would be
interested to hear.

Alice

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Dear list-members,
>
> I hope everyone has had a nice christmas!
>
> I have a few questions on antler and hope you can help me or share your
> opinion.
>
> Does anyone know of examples of decorated antler from the medieval period
> (especially 10th-12th centuries, but other examples are welcome too). I
> don't mean worked antler, but a complete antler that has been decorated.
>
> A second question, do you think it is possible to work antler that is 100
> or 150 years old?
>
> Thanks a lot and best wishes,
>
> Marloes
>
>
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