[Bonetools] three pronged tools

[Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen]

HI Alice,

Use wear analysis does not seem to support this theory. They think of something like cleaning the wool or use as a sort of pin beater.


Best wishes, Marloes
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Onderwerp: Re: [Bonetools] three pronged tools

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<mailto: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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