<div dir="ltr">Dear James,<div> The object is obviously high-status and highly polished (manufacture, use wear or both) but are there signs of use wear on the object and if so where are they?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Alice</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Dr J.H. Barrett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhb41@cam.ac.uk" target="_blank">jhb41@cam.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues,<br>
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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.<br>
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Many thanks and best wishes,<br>
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James<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Dr. J.H. Barrett<br>
Reader in Medieval Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology (Archaeology Division); <a href="http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/directory/jhb41" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/directory/jhb41</a></font></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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