There are very similar (curved and antler) objects, particularly common in Siberia, that are called "fish needles". They are for stringing fish. However, to me, this looks too wide and flat. But it's another similar purpose to keep in mind... <div>
<br></div><div>Beth<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Alice Choyke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:h13017cho@iif.hu">h13017cho@iif.hu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
My problem with it being a weaving shuttle is that it is curved. correct me if I am wrong but it would be very awkward to move it at all between the warp threads. I am wondering why ANTLER was chosen to make a tool that could be easily produced on cattle rib - much more work involved this way.<br>
<br>Alice<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Etan Ayalon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il" target="_blank">etana@eretzmuseum.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span><font size="2" face="Arial">Dear
Olivier,</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2">This nice
object looks like a weaving shuttle. Exact parallels were used in
Israel since the Neolithic period (6th-5th millenia BCE).
cf.: </font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Bar Yosef, Ofer. 1988. <i>Nahal</i> <i>Hemar
Cave</i> ('Atiqot Series). Israel Antiquities Authority. Jerusalem
(Neolithic).</span></font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Bar Adon, Pesah. 1980. <i>The Cave of the Treasures,
The Finds from the Caves in Nahal Mishmar</i>. Israel Exploration Society.
Jerusalem (Chalcolithic). Good photo of the same: Ayalon, Etan and Sorek,
Chagit. 1999. <i>Bare Bones, Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones</i>
(Catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum). Tel Aviv, Fig.
27.</span></font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>And so on, it has not changed in many
periods.</span></font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Sincerely yours</span></font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Etan Ayalon</span></font></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Israel </span></font></font></span></div></div><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear colleagues, we found on the settlement of Erstein
(late bronze age), located near Strasbourg (Alsace, France), an antler artefact
(photos attached). The dimensions are as follows: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:12pt">- length 165 mm</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:12pt">- width 26 mm </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:12pt">- thickness: 2.3 to 2.4 mm </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:12pt">- diameter hole: 5.5 mm </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Does somebody have an idea of the possible function of
this object?</span></font><font size="3" color="navy"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:navy" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks in advance. Sincerely yours.
OP.</span></font></p>
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