[Bonetools] A Bone ?Pendant from Oxford

[Alice Choyke]

There are many traditional Hungarian ornaments that uses this same
technique In fact the whole thing looks strangely 'eastern' as in the
so-called Migration period in our part of the world (Huns, Gepids, Avars,
Magyars etc.). Just for fun I am attaching an image pair of so-called hair
rings from  the 10th-11th c. which I find to be in the same spirit. The
actual form of this ornament does not ring any specific bells though.

Alice

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:19 AM, trzaska at lineone.net <trzaska at lineone.net>
wrote:

> This beautiful bone object has just emerged from an excavation in Oxford.
> It is pierced laterally
> at the apex and has a second perforation near the base, obscured by
> corrosion. I haven't seen
> anything like it and wonder if anybody has come across anything similar. I
> don't have any context
> details for it yet but, given that it came from Oxford, it is likely to
> date from c AD 900 - 1500.
>
>
>
> Any help very gratefully received,
>
>
>
> Ian Riddler
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