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While it would be interesting to know the origin of the bone, I'm not sure it is of enough importance to initiate scientific analysis.
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Kai, As I cringe at the thought of removing the bone guard to have holes drilled into it in an attempt to find out what or who it came from I must agree with you that knowing is just not that important.
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I want to add Robert that this ceremony is not just a blessing but a guard against a troubled harvest. So in a sense it is a ceremonial weapon of sorts.
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Jose, Thank you very much for this new bit of information. Now I feel better about posting it here in the Ethno Weapons forum and not in the Misc forum where I originally thought to post it.
Thank you all once again for your thoughts on this piece.
Best,
Robert