Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 214.—Bone Knob ({). Fig. 215.—Bone Knob ({). Knobs.—Three round objects of bone, about the size of amarble, each having a portion of a slender iron pin more orless projecting. Two are quite smooth, globular, and precisely EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT BUSTON. 217 similar to each other in every respect (Fig. 214); the otheris ornamented by a few incised circles and ridges (Fig. 215). Fig. 216 represents a curiously-shaped object of bone, theuse of which is unknown to me. Worked
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 214.—Bone Knob ({). Fig. 215.—Bone Knob ({). Knobs.—Three round objects of bone, about the size of amarble, each having a portion of a slender iron pin more orless projecting. Two are quite smooth, globular, and precisely EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT BUSTON. 217 similar to each other in every respect (Fig. 214); the otheris ornamented by a few incised circles and ridges (Fig. 215). Fig. 216 represents a curiously-shaped object of bone, theuse of which is unknown to me. Worked Bones.—Severalportions of bone, exhibit-ing marks of sharp-cuttinginstruments, but not as-suming the form of anyrecognisable implements. Toilet Combs.—-Three ofthese articles, which are ina wonderfully good state ofpreservation, are here en-graved on account of theirstructure and variety ofornamentation. They are all made on a uniform plan. The body, portion containing the teeth, consists of three or four flatpieces kept in position by two transverse bands of bone, one. Fig. 216.— Object of Bone (j-).
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