[Bonetools] Medieval Italian comb

[MARTA MORENO GARCIA]

  Dear Sonia,
Thank you very much!!!! That was also my guess but I want to be sure.

Best,
Marta

Quoting Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>:

> Dear Marta,
>
>     
>
>    The broken section of the connecting plate of this comb shows that
> the material is antler.
>
>     
>
>    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
>       
>      Tel 01274 236498
>
>
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>     FROM: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of
> MARTA MORENO GARCIA  <marta.moreno at cchs.csic.es>
> SENT: 03 May 2016 19:06
> TO: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> SUBJECT: [Bonetools] Medieval Italian comb          
>
>
>      Dear all,
> I am currently studying the bone assemblage recovered from the Duomo of
> Padova (Italy) dated to the early and high Middle Ages. An Italian
> student is working with the worked bone material, among which there is
> this comb (see attached photographs) that comes from the cleaning layer.
> First of all, I would like to ask for your expertise in order to
> identify the material it is made of and secondly, I would appreciate
> very much any comments you would like to make on its typology. If you
> send some bibliography we can read, it would be great!
>
> Best regards,
> Marta
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