Fiona,
sawing in antlers are common in the Late Iron Age of Scandinavia,
especially in the manufacture of combs. Various antler types were used
depending on what was available, red deer in the south, moose in the
north, reindeer in southern Norway. take a look in:
Kristina Ambrosiani, 1981, 'Viking Age Combs, combmaking and comb makers
in the light of the finds from Birka and Ribe', Stockholm Studies in
Archaeology 2, Stockholm.
Leif Jonsson
c/o Museum of Natural History
Gothenburg, Sweden
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