<div dir="ltr">This is a beautiful piece and looks as if it is ivory, you could check whether it is walrus or elephant perhaps?? Best wishes Colleen Batey, Glasgow</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:51 PM Marta Moreno García <<a href="mailto:marta.moreno@cchs.csic.es">marta.moreno@cchs.csic.es</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Dear all, <br>
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<p>a medievalist colleague of mine asked me to help her with the
identification of the material the object below is made of. This
is a small box dated to the Middle Ages that it is presently
housed in the monastery of San Isodoro, León, Spain. The
measurements are as follow: <br>
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<p>Base at longest point: 57mm </p>
<p class="m_2245015896891944371textbox" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Times-Roman,serif">Metal top diameter:
34mm </p>
<p class="m_2245015896891944371textbox" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Times-Roman,serif">Height (antler only):
44mm</p>
<p class="m_2245015896891944371textbox" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Times-Roman,serif">By the elongated
shape of the top we thought it was made of antler but I am not
sure. What do you think? Any ideas? Do you know of any parallels?</p>
<p class="m_2245015896891944371textbox" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Times-Roman,serif">Thanks a lot, <br>
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<p class="m_2245015896891944371textbox" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Times-Roman,serif">Marta</p>
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