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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 03/08/2016 à 15:08, Dr J.H. Barrett
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cite="mid:Prayer.1.3.5.1608031408180.28608@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk"
type="cite">Dear colleagues,
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May I ask if anyone knows of a comparison for the attached object
of walrus ivory? It's from a 12th century context in Novgorod.
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Many thanks and best wishes,
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James
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<p>A handle to carry/draw something with a thong, such as a seal
back from hunting (among eskimos) - the thong can be cut in the
skin of the pray.</p>
<p>And lots of uses like this, of course.<br>
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