[Bonetools] Bone whistle?

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Isabelle,
      Speaking strictly for the Carpathian basin sites from Hungary, there
are very occasional long bones that look like they may be fragmented
whistles or flutes . I have never seen anything that looks like a hinge
(until the Roman period and those are strictly made from antler in our
region. However, there is always a first time. This object could also be
some kind of a noise maker like the pig metapodial buzz-bones common across
medieval europe although on those objects, the hole extends through both
sides of the bone. This is a really nice mystery object!

Bemused,
Alcie

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 3:37 PM SIDERA Isabelle <isabelle.sidera at cnrs.fr>
wrote:

>
>
> Dear all,
> Does somebody know this type of artefact made on caprine's long bone,
> found in the East of France, and which dates of the middle Bronze Age?
> Could it be a whistle? Are whistles common in european Bronze Age? I am
> thinking also at a hinge. Is this could be a hinge? Are there any hinge
> identified in Bronze Age?
> Any else idea of the function of such an artefact?
> Thank you very much for your answers
> Best wishes
> Isabelle
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