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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Marloes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve seen lots of objects like the one you show, some more decorative than others. I have attached a picture of one. These are containers for tape measures and their common features include a slot in the side where the textile tape is pulled out and a bone rod through the centre of the top to act as an axle and handle to re-wind the tape into the container. The one in my picture has lost its tape. Might your object match this form? This one is 19<sup>th</sup> C and I have images of them in bone, elephant ivory and vegetable ivory. Bone is probably the most common material for these.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sonia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr Sonia O'Connor </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Post-doctoral Research Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Archaeological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Division of AGES, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Bradford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>fax 01274 23 5210<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marloes<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 December 2013 09:25<br><b>To:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] crossbows and fleas<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear all,<br> <br>Thank you all for your responses and references!!<br> <br>The photograph that I have send is just one of many examples of objects like these which have been interpreted as 'flea catcher'. I don't have the exact measurements of this example (only received a photograph), but these objects are usually made of cattle metatarsals. I have never measured the holes unfortunately, (next oppurtunity I will also measure the holes), but these are smaller than 1 cm, I guess around 3-4 mm.<br> <br>Best wishes,<br> <br>Marloes<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:30:23 +0100<br>From: <a href="mailto:poplin@mnhn.fr">poplin@mnhn.fr</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>Subject: Re: [Bonetools] crossbows and flees<br><br>Dear Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen,<br><br>it's really a pleasure to come back to you after having been visited by a Nymph two nights ago. She told me to beg you for the diameter of the holes. I ask you also for the diameter of the whole thing : if it's something as 4 - 5 cm, the dimension of holes is about 1 cm, which a little bit too much for the thing I am thinking of. Please, tell me...<br><br>And : what is the context ?<br><br>Your's<br><br><br>Le 26/11/2013 14:37, Marloes a écrit : <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear all,<br> <br>Two questions:<br> <br>- Does anyone has any references or datings for medieval antler crossbow nuts?<br> <br>- Objects like the attached picture are often described as flee/licecatchers. It is said that inside a cotton ball with honey and blood was put to trap the flees/lice. It was hung on a dress or put inside a wig. Does anyone have references for these items or for this explanation?<br> <br>Best wishes,<br>Marloes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Bonetools mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>François POPLIN <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Directeur honoraire de l’UMR 7209 Archéozoologie, Archébotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Responsable du Séminaire d'Anthropozoologie <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>CP 56 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Ancien Laboratoire d’Anatomie comparée <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>55, rue de Buffon <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>75005 Paris <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>01 40 79 33 11 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>fax ------ 33 14 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>francoispoplin.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>_______________________________________________ Bonetools mailing list <a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a> <a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>