Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . Nos. 1255, 1256. Objects of Ivory; with incised stars, probably ornaments of ahorses harness. (Actual size. Depth, 20 ft. and 13 ft.) objects of ivory, ornamented on both sides with similar circles; the latterhas three perforations. These three objects may have served as orna-ments on horse-trappings. No. 1257 is of bone and has three perforations. Mr. John Evans holdsit to be a guard or bracer
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . Nos. 1255, 1256. Objects of Ivory; with incised stars, probably ornaments of ahorses harness. (Actual size. Depth, 20 ft. and 13 ft.) objects of ivory, ornamented on both sides with similar circles; the latterhas three perforations. These three objects may have served as orna-ments on horse-trappings. No. 1257 is of bone and has three perforations. Mr. John Evans holdsit to be a guard or bracer used by archers, to prevent the wrist frombeing hurt by the bow-string; he adds that the Esquimaux use to thepresent day similar guards or bracers of bone. The guards or bracersfound in England are of stone, and have three perforations at each end. Nos. 1258-1260 are ribs of animals sharpened to a point, and probably No. 1258. No. 1259. No. Nos. 1258-1260. Ribs of Animals, sharpened to a point, and probably used as awls.(Nearly half actual size. Depth, 13 to 18 ft.) Chap. VIII.] STAFF-HANDLES : INSCRIBED WHETSTONE. 587 used as awls. Nos. 1261 and 1262 are awls of thicker bone. Nos. 1263and 1264 are very rude staff-handles of stag-horn; both of them having
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