Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 3-1 (November 2011)Wietske
Prummel; Hülya
Halici; Annemieke
Verbaas: The bone and antler tools from the Wijnaldum-Tjitsma terp
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5.5 Household utensils
The objects described as household utensils are a little box (fig. 27), three decorated bone plaque fragments, which could have been used as inlaid decoration of furniture (fig. 28), two handles, two spoons (figs 29 and 30) and a sieve (fig. 31). These are all exceptional for the terpen area (see below).
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Figure 27 Fragment of a box made from the long bone, for instance a femur, of a large mammal, such as a cow; find no. 9470, Carolingian period, perhaps used to store make-up or jewellery.
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Figure 28 Decorated part of a cattle costa, originally terminating into a triangle, possibly used as inlaid decoration of furniture, find no. 6596-7, Carolingian period.
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Figure 29 Spoon of red deer antler, find no. 11381, Merovingian period; a. photograph, b. drawing.
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Figure 30 Frontale of a cattle foetus, cut around and presumably used as a spoon, find no. 7448, Merovingian period.
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Figure 31 Sieve made of the flat part of a cattle scapula, find no. 9325, Roman period; a. photograph, b. drawing.
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