[Bonetools] antler shuttle?

[Sonia O'Connor]

I agree.  This looks more like horn but a detailed close of the sides, edges and particularly the dark interior might help confirm this.

Sonia

Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York
Post-doctoral Researcher
Archaeological Sciences
Division of AGES,
University of Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK

tel 01274 23 6498

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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

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