[Bonetools] "linen smoother"?

[Alice Choyke]

Could it be whale bone?

Alice

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Dave Constantine <
dkconstantine at btinternet.com> wrote:

>   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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