[Bonetools] bone artefact from the Middle Ages

[François Poplin]

It's a pity that you get no other answer ; it's a pity too that I get no 
answer to my questions.
In the blacky part, is it the genuine surface of bone, or is there some 
coating ?

Do you use birch bark tar in that region ?

Can you let search metal as silver ?

Your's.

Le 24/05/2012 20:57, Bernadeta Kufel a écrit :
> Dear All,
> do you have any idea, a part of what kind of 
> tool/item/device/decoration could have been the bone artifact in the 
> attached picture? It was found more than 20 years ago in the center of 
> medieval Wroclaw, within the cultural layer dated back to the half of 
> 13th century. The whole surface is highly polished, one end is thinned 
> (and possibly slightly burned - black colour), but all edges of those 
> negatives are heavily rounded and polished as well. Nevertheless, on 
> one side, surfaces of those negatives bear traces of scraping or 
> whittling by a metal knife. I made micro photographs. If you would 
> like to look at them, let me know. It looks like a handle but there is 
> no hole to fix a tang.
> Best,
> Bernadeta
>
> -- 
> dr Bernadeta Kufel-Diakowska
> Pracownia Archeometrii i Konserwacji Zabytków Archeologicznych
> Instytut Archeologii
> Uniwersytet Wroc?awski
> ul. Koszarowa 3 bud. 28
> 51-149 Wroc?aw
> tel: (71) 375-52-89
> fax: (71) 375-52-46
> e-mail: bernadeta.kufel at gmail.com <mailto:bernadeta.kufel at gmail.com>
> www.archeo.uni.wroc.pl <http://www.archeo.uni.wroc.pl/>
>
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François POPLIN

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