[Bonetools] "linen smoother"?

[Alice Choyke]

Why Christian - you read my mind! This is it exactly.

Alice


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Christian Küchelmann <info at knochenarbeit.de
> wrote:

> See also the  current bone tool of the month at the WBRG-website:
> http://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-archive/100-june-2014
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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&museumall=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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>
>>
>> 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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