[Bonetools] "linen smoother"?

[Christian Küchelmann]

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Am 16.06.2014 um 11:32 schrieb S O'Connor:

> Dear David,
>
>
>
> I have seen objects just like this in cetacean bone and wood, but  
> of much more recent origin. These are sailmakers tools for  
> smoothing seams in sails and are sometimes called seam rubbers.
>
>
>
> See Hull Museums Collections http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/ 
> museumcollections/collections/search-results/resultsoverview.php? 
> keywordsorig=&titleorig=&personorig=&placeorig=&dateorig=&materialorig 
> =&accessionnumberorig=&collectionorig=&museumorig=&keywords=seam 
> +smoother&SearchSubmit.x=0&SearchSubmit.y=0&SearchSubmit=Search&title= 
> &person=&place=&date=&material=&accessionnumber=&collectionall=all&mus 
> eumall=all&location=any
>
> If this URL does not work go to http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/ 
> museumcollections/collections/ and search on seam smoother.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
>
> Sonia
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>
>
> Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow,  
> University of York
>
> Post-doctoral Research Fellow
>
> Archaeological Sciences
>
> Division of AGES,
>
> University of Bradford
>
> Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
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>
>
> tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)
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> fax 01274 23 5210
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>
>
> From: Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On  
> Behalf Of Dave Constantine
> Sent: 16 June 2014 09:40
> To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> Subject: [Bonetools] "linen smoother"?
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I was forwarded the attached image by a friend who had seen this  
> object in Lincoln Museum where I believe it was labelled as a  
> “Linen smoother”. They asked if I had ever come across anything  
> similar as they thought linen smoothers are normally glass  
> slickers. Having never seen anything like it I thought I would pop  
> it up here to ask if any of you have come across an item like this.  
> It is dated as “Anglo-Saxon” and is approximately "5” long (about  
> 125mm)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> David Constantine
>
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