[Bonetools] Horse metacarpus object

[Alice Choyke]

I have seen very similar objects from medieval Gotland used on boats. I
believe it was uses to rest the oars on in small row boats. You see these
examples are quite polished looking.

Best,
Alice

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 11:58 AM Josje van Leeuwen <josje89 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Hope you can help me with the identification of attached object. It was
> found some years ago in the city of Hoorn (the Netherlands) and identified
> as a "glis". I don't know the English word, but it's a predecessor of the
> ice skate. It was found in medieval context.
> I'm not convinced this is a glis. The polishing isn't flat but rounded and
> covers most of the front and sides. There seems to have been pressure on or
> near the two holes, as the bone is crushed here. The position of the holes
> also makes it difficult to think of an construction that would attacht this
> glis to a foot or sledge...
>
> Does anyone know any parallels or can someone name a similar object? Any
> leads would be very helpful!
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Josje
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