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Dear Alice,<div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for this nice photo...</div><div><br></div><div>I'm really involved by the different ways of fire making...</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div>Pierre </div></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>Le 20 nov. 08 à 22:33, Alice Choyke a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Dear Pierre,<br> Sorry, I didn't express myself very well. Luckily I just saw a wooden example of what I mean at the crannog reconstruction on Lake Tay in Scotland. The trough-like container holds hot embers and dry tinder. There is a small hole in the short end the boy is gently blowing into. The Italian objects looks unfinished to me. In any case this was only a hypothesis on my part.<br> <br>Best,<br>Alice <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Pierre Cattelain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pcattela@ulb.ac.be">pcattela@ulb.ac.be</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=""> Hello,<div><br></div><div>I don't understand. What is the utility of a container of cinders, in the purpose of fire-making ???</div><div><br></div><div>Best </div><div><br><div> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div> <div>Pierre Cattelain</div><div><div>Directeur</div><div>Université Libre de Bruxelles - Site de Treignes</div><div>Écomusée du Viroin - Asbl DIRE</div><div>81, rue de la Gare</div><div>5670 Treignes</div><div>00 32 (0)476 96 70 54</div> <div><a href="mailto:pierre.cattelain@ulb.ac.be" target="_blank">pierre.cattelain@ulb.ac.be</a></div></div></div><div><br></div></span><br> </div><br><div><div>Le 18 nov. 08 à 10:33, <a href="mailto:h13017cho@helka.iif.hu" target="_blank">h13017cho@helka.iif.hu</a> a écrit :</div> <br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;">Dear bonetool members,</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span> </span>The posting is<span> </span>a bit ambiguous but if I were to make a guess about this object I would say<span> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;">it must be produced with metal tools and is some kind of a container. what sprung to mind is<span> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">something to hold cinders for fire-making rather than a quiver.<span> </span>Iva and Gianfranco - could we<span> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0px;">have a bit more background information on what looks like a very interesting object?</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Best,</div><div style="margin: 0px;"> Alice</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Bonetools mailing list</div><div style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> Bonetools mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br> <a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><span><making fire at crannog.JPG></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Bonetools mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>