[Bonetools] decorated antler

[Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen]

Dear David, Alice and others,
 
Thank you for your responses, this is very helpful. The 14C dating and the dating of the decoration of this piece apparently differ about 100/150 years or so. 
 
I am especially looking for complete decorated antlers indeed, but also antlers with perhaps similar decoration or from the same period. I just received permission to send you one of the photographs, it is an amazing object! I have to ask you however not to use this photograph in any way, because the photographs are soon send to the press and the piece will be published soon.
 
Any information is welcome on this piece!
 
Happy new year to all,
Marloes
 

 



Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:23:32 +0100
From: choyke at ceu.hu
To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] decorated antler


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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