At 10:47 AM 1/24/2009, Brian Lemin wrote:
...
There are two small bones (matched!) which one museum has labeled
"bobbins" but then put an "iron age" label on them. They are pretty
certain that the Iron age is an OK date so I have dropped
investigating these completely, though of all the possible bobbins
that are actually bone that I have seen, these look possible.
The other two "bobbins" I have looked at are given a "Roman" dating,
though they admit to the possibility of them being wrong. They were
unearthed at a Roman site, but may well have been "lost" there at a
much later date. At least they are turned bone and "sort of" bobbin
like, they are incomplete but we, including the curator, have
decided that they are much more like "Parchment prickers" so I have
laid the matter to rest there.
...
Iron age and Roman would lead me to consider weaving implements
(after all, bobbin lace is a weaving lace). Fine weaving has been
practiced for a very long time. King David in Israel was an Iron Age
king. Penelope waiting for Ulysses even earlier. Not mention the
Egyptians who were extremely adept weavers.
Of the top of my head
Patty
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