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a whorl. General Pitt-Rivers found a large number of pots with 

 holes bored through the bottoms in the Romano-British villages. 

 He suggests that they may have been used for straining honey. 

 (Excavations, II., p. 59.) It seems not improbable that the bases 

 of these perforated pots were sometimes chosen for use as whorls 

 as having holes already in them. 



Fragment of a strainer of grey pottery, pierced with many small 

 irregular holes. (PL III., H.). 



Half of a cube-shaped object of fine red pottery ; it had a central 

 hole through it and is well moulded. About l^in. square. Of 

 unknown use (?) a weight or whorl. (PL III., E.). 



Long thin hollow bone pipe, trimmed and squared, from the leg 

 bone of a large bird. Length, 6|in. (PL I.). (A similarly shaped 

 bone, but with holes cut in it, is in the British Museum and is 

 described as a flute. Is this an unfinished one ? ). 



The tip of a Stag's Horn Tine which has been made into a rough 

 spoon or scoop with hatched lines round the edge of the bowl, now 

 broken off. Length, 2Jin. (PL III., C). 



Leg bone of sheep with hole bored through it not quite in the 

 middle of its length, there is no longitudinal hole (PL III., B). 

 General Pitt-Rivers suggested that these bones with holes in them 

 may have been used for winding string on, or as bobbins (Excava- 

 tions, I., 175, and II., 172) It seems not impossible that they 

 were used as handles for instruments made on the same lines as 

 the bolas or bola. I have seen boys whose childhood was spent in 

 South America bore similar holes in the leg bones of sheep and 

 use them for handles of their bolas. The cord is put through the 

 hole and knotted to form a stop. The edges of the holes are worn 

 in the specimen from Oare. A precisely similar object is in the 

 British Museum from the Glastonbury ;Lake Village found in 

 association with combs with "T -shaped handles and other Late 

 Celtic objects. 



Pointed Scoop, made out of the leg bone of a sheep, sliced off 

 (PL III., A.) 



Piece of bone, one end cut to a "["-shape, the other broken. The 

 handle of a weaving comb. Length, 3 in. (PL III., D). Combs 



