[Bonetools] help with material identification

[Colleen Batey]

This is a beautiful piece and looks as if it is ivory, you could check
whether it is walrus or elephant perhaps?? Best wishes Colleen Batey,
Glasgow

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:51 PM Marta Moreno García <
marta.moreno at cchs.csic.es> wrote:

> Dear all,
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> a medievalist colleague of mine asked me to help her with the
> identification of the material the object below is made of. This is a small
> box dated to the Middle Ages that it is presently housed in the monastery
> of San Isodoro, León, Spain. The measurements are as follow:
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> Base at longest point: 57mm
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> Metal top diameter: 34mm
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> Height (antler only): 44mm
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> By the elongated shape of the top we thought it was made of antler but I
> am not sure. What do you think? Any ideas? Do you know of any parallels?
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> Thanks a lot,
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