Dear Etan,<br> But if you add on what is missing from the brushy parts it would be longer - maybe it is a mustache brush - just joking. However - what does Marloes say - she has seen the greatest vaiety of wierd Early Modern Age objects made from bone.<br>
<br>Alice<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Etan Ayalon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il">etana@eretzmuseum.org.il</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;">
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<p dir="ltr">Dear Bly,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Are you sure about the length <span>you
gave for</span> this bone object (1.5 inch<span>es
</span>=<span> </span>3.75 cm)? It seems <span>rather</span> small and probably uneasy to use as a
toothbrush...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Etan</p></span></div><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Book Antiqua"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Does anyone have an idea
what this object may be? It is 1.5 inches in length and was found on a late
17<sup>th</sup>-century site in South Carolina,
USA.</span></font></p>
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