[Bonetools] antler shuttle?

[Ariel Shatil]

Hi Etan.
Are you sure its not horn?
The color and "translucency" reminds me of pressed horn. In Jerusalem there
are many fragments of worked horn from 18th-20th century contexts, but
nothing even remotely as nice as this shuttle!

Ariel

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:40 PM, PROVENZANO Noelle <
Noelle.PROVENZANO at cnrs.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
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> I've never seen this kind of object, but for me it's rather horn.
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> *De :* Bonetools [bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] de la part de איתן
> איילון [etana at eretzmuseum.org.il]
> *Envoyé :* lundi 15 février 2016 13:02
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> of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
> *Objet :* [Bonetools] FW: antler shuttle?
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> Hello all,
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> 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:
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> 1.       Is it really antler?
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> 2.       Does anyone know of parallels, origin, date, etc.?
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> Thanks
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> Etan Ayalon
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> Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
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> *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2016 11:32 AM
> *To:* איתן איילון
> *Subject:* photos
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Ariel Shatil
Institute of Archaeology
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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