[Bonetools] Bone pendant

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Simeun,
      First of all, I think your 'bone' pendant is made from  antler -
probably red deer or moose. Secondly, it looks rather new - there is
certainly not much wear around the hole. It was obviously meant to be
suspended but frankly, it reminds me of late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and
even Bronze age antler objects (from Hungary and Switzerland at least) made
in imitation of composite objects. Imitation is an interesting subject and
meant to enhance or draw attention to some intrinsic social value of the
imitated object. For example - here is a little axe-blade shaped  object,
manufactured out of bone and also meant to be suspended from a MBA context
in Hungary. What is being imitated would either be a polished stone blade
or a bronze axe-blade, not because metal blades were not widely available
but because the shape holds layers of social meaning , the details of which
can only be guessed about. Your object, to my eye looks like a hafted blade
(knife?).

Alice
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM Simeun Srdanović <simosrdanovic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> firstly, I hope you are all doing well!
>
> I have attached a photo of a app. 5cm long bone artefact, which was
> interpreted as a bone pendant.
>
> In relation to this, I wanted to ask you for opinion or analogies, if you
> are familiar with it.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
> Kindest regards,
>
>
> Simeun Srdanović
>
>
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