Welcome to the website of Bikkel en Been. Bikkel en Been has been replicating historical bone objects and using historical working techniques for over 15 years, supplying replicas of archaeological finds to museums and private customers all over Europe.
Besides replicas of objects in bone, horn, antler, wood and mammoth ivory, we offer demonstrations of historical bone working and wood turning, lectures on working bone in past and present times and bone working workshops for university/archaeology students. |
Signal horn for the Drents Museum in Assen
Making a replica of a signal horn from 1715 with a lot of circular decorations with a unicorn and a mill. How beautiful and difficult that is!
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Events 2024Saturday 6th of April from 11.00 till 17.00 hr. Historical event in Grave (Pothuus) The year 1674 link: https://www.historischspektakelgrave.nl
weekend 20 + 21 April
Historical market Compiègne (F)
link: www.histoire-vivante.org
Weekend 20 + 21 April Internationale Reenactment Messe (IRM) Rheinbrohl (D)
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Bikkel en Been was officially founded in 1997. In Dutch, "Bikkel" means "knucklebone", both the ankle bone of even-toed ungulates and the game played with it, and "Been" means bone, our primary material. Read more... |