[Bonetools] three pronged tools

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Marloes,
    I am willing to bet these are some kind of wool thread knitting spools
(or knitting nancy). Today, they are mostly four pronged.

Best,
Alice
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On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:10 PM Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope that you are all doing well!
>
> I have a question about these 'three-pronged tools'. This one is
> incomplete, but originally had three pronges as well. Use wear analysis
> shows that these objects were used in wool working. They are usually made
> of cattle metcarpals and are dated between in the Netherlands between the
> 9th and 13th century AD.
>
> I am looking for parallells abroad. Has anyone seen such tools?
>
> Best wishes,
> Marloes
>
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