[Bonetools] carved bone mount

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Marit,
     You certainly got it right!!! My first guess would be scabbard sheath
mounts but this is not my area of specialty. Why do you say it is ivory -
it is not immediately apparent from the image.

Best,
Alice

PS Would you be willing to submit this piece (once you decide what it is)
to the 'bone tool of the month' category on the WBRG website (WBRG.net) ?
It really is a spectacular find.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 12:19 PM Marit Gaimster <MGaimster at pre-construct.com>
wrote:

> Dear Worked Bone Research Group members,
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> I hope I am doing this right!
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> Attached is a photograph of a beautifully carved object of ivory from an
> excavation at Great Dunmow in Essex.
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> It looks so familiar but I just can’t put my finger on any immediate
> parallels. The nearest I can think of are a knife or daggard scabbard
> sheath mounts and it is likely medieval. The two pieces likely forming the
> back and front? As you can see from the fragment to the left in the
> picture, there is a small iron rivet for fixing; the piece forms the edge
> of the widest part of the object and refits the piece just to its right.
> The most complete side/example measures c 60mm in length.
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> Any further information, suggestions and/or examples would be wonderful.
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> With best regards from Marit Gaimster
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