Dear Etan,<br> I am going to run this idea past some actual weavers. It looks like this piece is so worn you won't see any wear beyond those caused by natural forces. For weaving narrow bands people usually use short pointed shuttles - not at all curved. However, I am NOT a weaver of any kind and there are indeed many ways to skin a cat.<br>
<br>Alice<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:08 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="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><span><font size="2" face="Arial">I guess that when
preparing a narrow strip a curved shuttle could be even an advantage, holding it
a little bit from above. It would be interesting to check use wear both around
the hole and along the blade.Etan </font></span></div><br>
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<div></div>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">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>
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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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