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Zagadkowe narzędzie Z poroża jelenia, znalezione na osadzie obronnej ludności kultury kurhanów zachodniobałtyjskich w Tarławkach, woj. warmińsko-mazurskie

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Lis V., Purowski T.

Światowit

2012

vol. Tom VII (XLVIII), fasc. B

83-87

The antler object originated during excavation of a fortified settlement of West Balt Barrow Culture people at Tarławki, distr. Węgorzewo. On basis of archaeological material (Fig. 1, 2) the site was classified to phases I through III of West Balt Barrow Culture distinguished by Ł. Okulicz (1970). The piece is fashioned from a red deer antler beam; one of its ends is battered, the other was shaped into nine teeth (Fig. 3, 4). Its surface is heavily worn. Traces of wear seen on the surface are insufficient to determine the method of production and function of the object. Experiments carried out to establish its use as, e.g., a device for applying decoration onto pottery, a comb used in hair care or in carding wool proved inconclusive. The object resembles modern devices used by anglers to clean fish of scales (Fig. 5:a,b). Both the original and its replica (Fig. 5:c) were used to scale a perch (Fig. 6). This experiment was unexpectedly successful suggesting that the object was used as a fish scraper (of which a small number were discovered at Tarławki). Alternative uses as a beater or mallet is intimated by the battered condition of its other end.

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Zagadkowe narzędzie Z poroża jelenia, znalezione na osadzie obronnej ludności kultury kurhanów zachodniobałtyjskich w Tarławkach, woj. warmińsko-mazurskie