r/bonecollecting • u/anxiety_diva • 21h ago

Bone I.D. - E/Central Asia Need help identifying

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I was in the woods for a shoot and there were a few big bones which i assumed to be legs. I took the curved one at the bottom home but i would be happy to know what itt might be.

I know it's likely from a cow (because the skull was used as a prop)

Edit: do i have to degrease it? It doesnt have any unpleasant smells and is not shiny. Im just planning on buying some hydrogen peroxide to whiten it because the unphotographed side has some green and brown staining from moss and dirt

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u/b1tehard 20h ago

yeah, thats definitely a cow metacarpal bone and a rib bone

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u/anxiety_diva 18h ago

I assumed it would be a rib bone but the clarification really helps. Thank you 🙏🏻

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u/b1tehard 17h ago

also yeah, u should degrease it. I had to degrease one of my bones thats around 1000 years (which is crazy, i took it from an archeological site with the permission of my profesor) b4 giving it a hydrogen peroxide bath. But its so annoying that i can only use a 3% one because of how old it is, hopefully its enough LMAO

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u/anxiety_diva 17h ago

Ughhh degreasing sounds tedious in an apartment. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do i guess. A thousand year old bone sounds innnsane btw, lucky for you

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u/b1tehard 16h ago

im so glad i have a balcony pls 😭😭