[Bonetools] a bone tool from Xinjiang

[Alice Choyke]

Dear YouYue,
      It looks to me as if there are several active edges on these very
interesting tools. Some of the edges look like scrapers while the
denticulated edge could be used for leather scraping, beating down the weft
in weaving or even pottery decoration and probably ten other activities we
can't even imagine. There is no escaping careful study if the surface at
high magnifications paired with experimentation to get at the answer for
this kind of question. I am curious what other people think though.

Alice.


On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, youyue <youyue09 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
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> Here is a bone tool from Xinjiang, China. Its date is about 500-100 B.C.
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> I think it is part of a rib.
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> What does it for? Is it related to wool processing?
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> I really appreciate your help!
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> YouYue
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> Department of History,
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> Capital Normal University,
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> China
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