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the base. Perhaps used in decorating pottery ; the holes probably for biispeasion, 

 Mound 71. 



344. Hammer of red-deer antler, the handle consisting of the brow tine, the 

 hammering end being represented by the burr ; length 220 mm. (8f inches). The 

 base of the bez tine remains and forms part of the back of the hammer. At this 

 point the antler has been sawn through transversely. The circumference of the 

 antler midway between the brow and bez tines is 174 mm. The handle was found 

 broken in many pieces, but has now been almost completely restored. Mound 74. 



345. Fragments of smooth antler, calcined. Mound 72. 



346. Tine of red-deer antler, measuring 200 mm. in length along the outside 

 curve. It has the appearance of having been ' stabbed ' over the greater part of its 

 surface by deep, irregular incisions, the purpose of which is unknown to the writers. 

 Mound 73. 



347. Piece of worked but much decayed red-deer antler; length 215 mm. 

 S.W. of Mound 72. 



348. Small worked antler, length 100 mm. The base is rounded and is slit, as 

 if intended to receive the base of the blade of a knife. There are, however, no 

 rivet-holes ; the slit is 35 mm. long. The upper tine has been worked to a smooth, 

 flat point ; the two other tines have had their points removed and have been 

 countersunk for the purpose of ornamenting pottery with indented circlet about 

 4 and G mm. in diam. Mound 76. 



349. Tine of red-deer antler, length 142 mm., sawn square at the base ; the 

 point has been smoothed, but both ends are now somewhat disfigured by teeth- 

 marks caused by gnawing. Mound 74. 



350. Shaft of a plain weaving-comb with oval enlargement at the handle-end, 

 but no perforation ; length 130 mm. All tlie teeth, which were originally thirteen 

 in number, have been broken off. Mound 76. 



351. Hammer-head made from the base of a large red-deer antler, found 

 unbroken ; length on the upper ext. curve 145 mm. Both the brow and the bez tines 

 have been sawn off. The minimum circumference of the antler midway between 

 the deficient tines is 195 mm. The tranverse hole of oblong section (32 by 21 mm.) 

 for the wooden handle runs in a line parallel to the face of the burr. The latter 

 shows much evidence of prolonged use, and the sides of the hammer-head are 

 ' pecked ' to a considerable extent. Mound 74. Similar hammers have been pre- 

 viously found in the Village, one (H 171) being figured in 'Proc. Som. Arch. Soc.,' 

 vol. 1. pt. 2, pi. viii. 



352. Weaving-comb in a bad state of preservation and much broken, the dentatcd 

 end beyond repair. The top of the handle is squared and perforated with the usual 

 hole (diam. 5 mm.) Between the hole and the top is a double band of ornament of 

 crossed oblique lines ; the same kind of decoration occurs just over the teeth. 

 Mound 70. 



353. Piece of worked red-deer antler showing knife-cuts. Mound 76. 



354. Curved knife-handle composed of a worked tine of red-deer antler of 

 tapering oval section. The bottom of the handle measures 15-5 by 11-3 mm., the 

 point of the tine having been cut off ; the other end measures 32-5 by 24 mm. The 

 base of the tang of the iron knife, secured by two iron rivets, still remains in position, 

 being let into a slit in the handle for a depth of 325 mm. on the outside curve of 

 the antler. Length of handle along outside curve 258 mm. (101 inches). Mound 74. 

 A few similar knife-handles have been discovered in the Village, but none in better 

 preservation than the specimen under consideration. 



355. Portion of a weaving-comb with short teeth, of which the greater part of 

 five remain. Decorated with four dots and circles. Mound 74. 



356. Ornamental weaving-comb, length 148 mm. The handle end is squared off, 

 one corner having been gnawed by a dog ; the perforation for suspension, however, 

 is complete, diam. 6 mm. Five of the ten teeth remain, the longest measuring 

 21-5 mm. ; max. width at deutated end 41'5 mm. The tranverse, oblique, and 

 aigzag grooves with which the shaft is decorated have been roughlj' cut ; but the 

 comb is much polished from prolonged use. Mound 74. 



357. Portion of an unknown object of red-deer antler ; length in a straight line 

 182 ram. ; max. width 45'5 mm. ; section concavo-convex. On two sides and one 

 end it has been carefully sawn ; the other end is broken. The face of this broad 

 antler has been smoothed to a certain extent ; near the top and bottom are two 

 rather deep transverse saw- cuts, and near the middle of the object a circular 

 depression (not a perforation) 7-5 mm, in diam, Mound 74, 



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