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Description: | A Post Medieval bone scoop (18th century). This scoop has been manufactured from a sheep's metapodial. The distal end of the bone forms the handle with the articular condyles left intact. A hole has been drilled horizontally through both condyles, probably so the scoop could be suspended from a length of string or similar. The proximal end is cut off and about half the length of the shaft exposed by removing one of the walls. The cut end of the wall has been worked to form a point and there is a 1 mm space between scoop base and the handle. Otherwise, there is no decoration on this example. The exposed end has been shaped into a rounded cutting edge. On the reverse are multiple, regular, small cut marks, all diagonally aligned along the bone. There is some polishing/wear on all the cut surfaces. There is a crack in the bone on the scoop end which may be due to post-depositional damage.Dimensions: length: 104.72 mm; width: 26.65 mm; thickness: 15.16 mm; weight: 18.99 g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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