strange bone and possible clay marble?

[captain redbeard]

found these creek hunting wondering if anyone has seen or know what I'm looking at. The one looks like some kind of vertebrae maybe, but has 5 cuts through it which looks somewhat modern, but Not sure off the top of my head what would make those lines. The other looks like bone, it has porous spots and has a hollow part, but feels like a rock. Last looks like a marble of some kind heavy for its size, but not perfectly rounded or smoothed, looks like some sort of clay/ceramic material...most certainly not a rock.

 

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[captain redbeard]

I really don't know why some pictures won't upload...

 

[Crispin]

They don't look like bone to me. If you were in Florida I would say coral. Probably just rocks.

 

[trikikiwi]

It certainly looks like a clay marble - as opposed to a mill ball.

The other smaller piece might be bone but would need closer examination.

This item looks particularly interesting


It has obviously been worked by a human hand. It might be worth posting in the North American Artifacts Forum.

I don't think it looks like a vertebrae but rather the end of a leg bone. Is the open end a hollow scoop or is the whole thing hollow?

Cheers, Mike

 

[sutphin]

NEAT MARBLE . CANT UNDERSTAND THE CUT OR SLICE MARKS . IS THAT A BONE OR A STONE ? CANT REALLY TELL.

 

[Ant]

I think that is a clay shooter marble, CoNgRaTs.... That's a clay game marble in the middle of this picture:

 

[captain redbeard]

sorry, should have posted a few better views of this.

 

[captain redbeard]

feels like its bone or wood, my guess is bone, just don't know what would put those cuts like that and the ends are really flat and smoothed, though the smoothness could be from the water.



different angles without the flash.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Soup bone (or dog chew bone lately). Cow or ox cut with a meat saw - relatively modern.



Roasted by the looks of yours.

 

[captain redbeard]

glass marbles started production mid-late 1800s?, so I'm guessing the clay is around that age or older? Not finding much on clay marbles at the moment other than it could be really old or more recent haha, either way early-mid 1800s is still old.

 

[captain redbeard]

thanks charlie, I think you are right. Was thinking saw marks, but why 5 cuts so close together at that angle? seems odd.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

No clue. Perhaps someone started to slice it for buttons? Or just testing a new saw? Or someone needed bone dust to color case harden some steel?

 

[Ant]

Here's the information on clay marbles:
Earthenware Marbles

Vintage Clay and Ceramic Marbles | Marbles Galore

 

[Crispin]

The soup bone is connected to the leg bone...the leg bone is connected to the ankle bone..

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

One of the pics looks like crystal to me.. I like rocks/crystals alot.. at least thats what i see

 

[trikikiwi]

Soup bone (or dog chew bone lately). Cow or ox cut with a meat saw - relatively modern.

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Roasted by the looks of yours.

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I agree that it could very well be what you describe Charlie, But it appears to have a distinctive patina, as if it was well aged.
Who knows? maybe the Teriyaki sauce

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Society of the Jesuits for the first bone and maybe the other .Who knows it could be.

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