[Bonetools] Parallel gezocht: dubbele dissel walvisbot

[Hans Christian Küchelmann]

Dear Marloes,

like Ian, my first association was that the object looks like a part of a clamp or leg vice, used to fix objects worked upon, like a modern bench vice. Viking Age examples from Iceland have been featured as bonetools of the month on the WBRG website in June 2021 (see https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/bonetool-archives-2021).  
It would indeed be fascinating if these tools could be proven to have been used for such a long time.

Would you mind to ask your colleague if he would like to present this interesting artefact as bonetool of the month some day?

Best wishes.

Christian
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> Am 02.02.2023 um 11:34 schrieb Ian Riddler <trzaska2 at outlook.com>:
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> Hello Marloes,
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> To me it looks a lot like part of a clamp, missing the lower part that would have been attached with the wooden peg. Here is an example from Dublin High Street made of antler (although there are also whalebone examples from Dublin) showing the two parts working together.
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> The only problem is that these are generally regarded as Viking implements (!). There is some tentative evidence to suggest that they might have been used before that date, but not much, to be honest. It would be pretty impressive if they were being used before that date, and not unbelievable.
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> Ian Riddler
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> Sent from Mail for Windows
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> From: Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen
> Sent: 02 February 2023 08:48
> To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> Subject: [Bonetools] Fw: Parallel gezocht: dubbele dissel walvisbot
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> Dear all,
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> A colleague has excavated this beautiful double tool, made of whale bone of a right whale (identified by ZOOMS). The handle is made of oak wood and has a wedge of willow for fixation. Use wear analysis shows that it was not used to chop and they think it could have been used for the working of plant materials. It is dated circa 1500 BC and has been found in the Netherlands.
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> Does anyone has parallels or additional information for my colleague?
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> Thanks in advance and hope that you are all doing well.
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> Best wishes, Marloes
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