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Re: antebellum slave quarter artifact ID
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Dear Randy,

Are you sure this is ivory?  It looks more like antler or something
else.  It looks like a portion of a composite artifact of some type,
but bears no resemblance to any artifact of sewing & needlework, or
accessory for these activities, that I have ever seen (and I've just
written a book on the artifacts of needlework & sewing--just meaning
over the past 8 years).  There are some good sources on use of bone,
horn, & antler, the best being

MacGregor, Arthur.  1985.  Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn:  The
Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period.  Croom Helm,
London.

I found a copy in the University of Delaware library so  if you
cannot find it locally you might get it on interlibrary loan.

Cheers,
Mary B.

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Mary C. Beaudry, PhD, RPA
Associate Professor of Archaeology & Anthropology
Boston University
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 USA
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