[Bonetools] decorated antler

[Alice Choyke]

PS - on second glance this looks more like moose (*Alces alces*) - what is
the scale?

Alice

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  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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