[Bonetools] FW: antler shuttle?

[איתן איילון]

Hello all,
A large group of daily life objects of the 19th-20th cen. has been received to our collection. It includes several shuttles of a pedal loom, mostly made of wood, as was common among local Palestinian weavers. One, however (see photos), seems to be made of antler, which was a rather uncommon raw material here. Questions:

1.       Is it really antler?

2.       Does anyone know of parallels, origin, date, etc.?
Thanks
Etan Ayalon
Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

From: Leonid Padrul [mailto:photomus at netvision.net.il]
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 11:32 AM
To: איתן איילון
Subject: photos






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