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Dear Alice,<BR>
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In Paula Hardwick's book 'Discovering horn' is a paragraph on hoof and a picture of a hoof snuff box. In Amsterdam a comb made of horse hoof has been found. <BR>
I'm sure hoof has been used for many purposes. <BR>
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Best wishes, <BR>
Marloes<BR><BR>
<BR>> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:38:25 +0200<BR>> From: cho13017@iif.hu<BR>> To: bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<BR>> Subject: [Bonetools] cattle PhIII horn sheath use<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Dear Colleagues,<BR>> I have received the following letter from a young colleague in Trieste.<BR>> <BR>> i am a young italian zooarchaeologist from Trieste, my name is Francesco<BR>> Boschin. I met you during a zooarchaeological meeting in Vienna some years ago<BR>> (2007?).<BR>> I am studing a small sample from a castle (XVI-XVII cent.) in South-tirol near<BR>> Bolzano and i have a little question for you:<BR>> I found a knife cut-mark on the solea of a third cattle phalanx, probably to<BR>> remove the hoof-sheath.<BR>> Is it possible that hoof-sheath tissue can be used by handicraftsmen? Or do they<BR>> usually use only the horns?<BR>> <BR>> Thank you very much!<BR>> <BR>> best regards,<BR>> Francesco Boschin<BR>> <BR>> I have seen rattles from Africa and South America made from cattle or sheep/goat<BR>> PhIIIs but have never heard of the horny sheath being exploited for any other<BR>> purpose. My own best guess is that the cut mark is from some kind of collagen<BR>> extracting process, possibly related to glue-making.<BR>> <BR>> All ideas welcome. I will relay all replies to Francesco.<BR>> <BR>> Best,<BR>> Alice<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Bonetools mailing list<BR>> Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<BR>> https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<BR><br /><hr />Heb jij de nieuwe Messenger nog niet?! <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/productDetail.aspx?product=Messenger' target='_new'>Download 'm hier</a></body>
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