Friday mystery object #522

This week I have another bony mystery object for you:

This one is currently on display in the beautiful Words on the Wave exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street, but the focus is on the inscription on the bone, rather than the species the bone came from:

So, I’d love to hear your thoughts on what this is? Have fun with it!

5 thoughts on “Friday mystery object #522

    • PaoloViscardi's avatar

      Hard to get a scale bar in the case unfortunately, but this is surprisingly small. At a guess from memory I think it’s only in the region of 32cm long (although my estimate could be well out!)

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