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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi and sorry for delayed answer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I try to attach the drawing I made, and I hope you
understand how I think-this would mean (I guess) that perhaps a "top" to this
tool is missing, or if not, that they - like Etan suggested - used it for thongs
or something softer and just used their finger to "top" it...i.e. to stop the
what-ever-they-were-using to slip out of the groove. Sorry about the size, and
hope it works,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>**Gun-Britt, Sweden</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=etana@eretzmuseum.org.il href="mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il">Etan
Ayalon</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bonetools@listserv.niif.hu
href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Mailing list for archaeologists of
the research group for thestudy ofobjectand waste of bone, antler. ivory and
horn.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bonetools] Fwd: A strange
antler tool</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343220306-02032011><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Dear all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343220306-02032011><FONT size=2
face=Arial>In the Levant, at least, such metal threads were traditionally made
by goldsmiths with a different tool - a piece of metal with many small holes
of various diameters. This piece was mounted on a wooden base equipped with a
small pulley on each side. The thread was tied to one pulley, passed through
the largest hole and pulled through it using the other pulley. Then it was
transferred to the next, smaller hole etc. etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343220306-02032011><FONT size=2
face=Arial>I was thinking about a tool used to straighten or strech strings
and thongs, made for instance of leather, by holding one of them in one of the
tool's slices, locking it in place with the finger and then pulling the tool
along the string.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343220306-02032011><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Etan Ayalon</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu
[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Alice
Choyke<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mailing
list for archaeologists of the research group for the study ofobject and waste
of bone,antler. ivory and horn.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bonetools] Fwd: A
strange antler tool<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Gun-Britt,</DIV>
<DIV> Could you send us a picture of this tool and explain
how it works? I have never heard about such things and am now very curious
indeed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers!</DIV>
<DIV>Alice<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Gun-Britt <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:lazy-b@algonet.se">lazy-b@algonet.se</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am a lurking list-member, just enjoying
reading all your inputs. I think too toward a metalworking tool, in making
threads of metal of different thicknesses. It sure looks like a sort of
"key" or mechanism, but hey, I have done some goldsmithing, and we used a
similar tool to pull the metal into thinner and thinner threads. Hard work,
but tin - as suggested earlier - is a very soft metal. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just a thought,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please continue,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Love and blessings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>**Gun-Britt Blomdahl</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>5th year, thesis-writing at Linnaeus
University, Kalmar, Sweden</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B>From:</B> <A
title=info@knochenarbeit.de href="mailto:info@knochenarbeit.de"
target=_blank>Christian Küchelmann</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=bonetools@listserv.niif.hu href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu"
target=_blank>BONETOOLS of bone</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=michael.olausson673@gmail.com
href="mailto:michael.olausson673@gmail.com" target=_blank>Michael
Olausson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 01, 2011 6:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bonetools] Fwd: A strange
antler tool</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear all,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>following up a request by Michael Olausson that has already been sent
to the list by Alice last week (see below) I would like to add that the
tool is now permanently visible for further discussion on the Mystery bone
tool page of the WBRG website at </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=20"
target=_blank>http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=20</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Best</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Christian</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>--------</DIV>
<DIV>Dear All,</DIV>
<DIV> I am forwarding a letter and photo from a Swedish
colleague. Another strange tool. It looks like some part of a mechanism -
a locking mechanism? However Michael Olausson also says it has
some resemblances to a tool used by the Sami for producing tin
thread! If you reply to Michael could you also please CC the list so we
can all read about it?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Alice<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=h5>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>From: <B
class=gmail_sendername>Michael Olausson</B> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:michael.olausson673@gmail.com"
target=_blank>michael.olausson673@gmail.com</A>></SPAN><BR>Date: Wed,
Feb 23, 2011 at 8:55 AM<BR>Subject: A strange antler tool<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:h13017cho@helka.iif.hu"
target=_blank>h13017cho@helka.iif.hu</A><BR><BR><BR>Dear Dr. Alice
Choyke,<BR>Dr Kordula Gostencnik suggested that I should contact You in
this<BR>matter. I will send You my letter to her as well with the picture
of<BR>the item. Dr Gostencnik dod�t regard the toll as one conected
to<BR>textil handcraft. She suggestes that it might be a toy, I do not
agree<BR>with her, if it should look like a "bear" then it should be made
as a<BR>bear! Since there are three differnt kinds of "measurements" of
the<BR>teeth, I radaer would thinkt that it has been used to make threads
ore<BR>to measure threads. We have a little discussion in Stockholm if
it<BR>could be used for metal, silver and gold.<BR>The tool wich has many
similarties with a Roman antler key, was found<BR>in mixed layers on a
house terrace on the hilltop site,<BR></DIV></DIV>"H�hensiedlung" Runsa
frpm the 5th & 6th centuries.
<DIV class=im><BR><BR>It would be nice if You could have some ideas,
references.<BR><BR>Yours Sincerely<BR><FONT color=#888888>Michael
Olausson<BR>ass.prof<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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