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HI Alice,</div>
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Use wear analysis does not seem to support this theory. They think of something like cleaning the wool or use as a sort of pin beater. </div>
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Best wishes, Marloes</div>
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<b>Verzonden:</b> zaterdag 6 maart 2021 21:38<br>
<b>Aan:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn. <bonetools@listserv.niif.hu><br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Bonetools] three pronged tools</font>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Dear Marloes,</div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:large"> I am willing to bet these are some kind of wool thread knitting spools (or knitting nancy). Today, they are mostly four pronged.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:10 PM Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <<a href="mailto:marloesrijkelijkhuizen@hotmail.com">marloesrijkelijkhuizen@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi everyone, </div>
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I hope that you are all doing well!</div>
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I have a question about these 'three-pronged tools'. This one is incomplete, but originally had three pronges as well. Use wear analysis shows that these objects were used in wool working. They are usually made of cattle metcarpals and are dated between in
the Netherlands between the 9th and 13th century AD. </div>
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I am looking for parallells abroad. Has anyone seen such tools?</div>
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Best wishes,</div>
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Marloes</div>
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