[Bonetools] A bone flute from South-Central Finland? Suggestions? Analogies?

[Tuukka Kumpulainen]

Hello everyone,

Today at rescue excavations at the Tursiannotko multi-period (Viking Age - 19th Century) site in Pirkkala, South-Central Finland a fragment of a beautiful, hollow, perforated bone artefact was found from a mixed-deposit context. The best suggestion for its function so far is a musical instrument, ie. a bone flute. I'm turning to the expertise of the collective WBRG in hope of alternative or confirmative interpretations of the artefact, as well as any possible analogies in the archaeological collections of osseous artefacts in Europe.

I apologise for the mediocre field photos of the find.

Thank you in advance,

Tuukka Kumpulainen
University of Turku
Finland
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