[Bonetools] Bone pendant

[Simeun Srdanović]

Dear dr Choyke,

Firstly, I would like ti express my excitement for your rapid answer! Thank
you! This is very intersting POV, indeed!

I will definitely try to study this subject! (Imitation of objects). Do you
maybe have any starting literature to suggest, I would be very grateful! If
you have time, of course.

Otherwise, I will do it myself!

Thank you once again!

Kindest regards,

Simeun

уто, 14. апр 2026. у 11:45 Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com> је написао/ла:

> 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
> [image: image.png]
>
> 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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