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

["Renáta Přichystalová"]

Dear Tuukka,

this artifact reminds me very one finding from Pohansko (CZ).
In cross-seccion has the shape of half-roller, with 2 wedge-shaped holes.
I send You a little part of my paper about this uncommon artifact.
It is dated in 9. century and very similar artefacts come from Russia from
19. century.
Interpretation: musical instrument, dress fastener, a working tool like a
knife-plane for grinding of arrow-shaft. You can choose ;-)

With best regards
Renáta



Renáta Přichystalová
Ústav archeologie a muzeologie FF MU
Department of Archaeology and Museology
Faculty of Art
Masaryk University
A. Nováka 1
CZ-602 00 Brno


> 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
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