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Bone awl
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Object Number 35-126-10/6017
Display Title Bone awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone point, worked
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / <City> / Site 6
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Jeddito Valley, North side of; Antelope Mesa, incl. S rim of
Quantity 1
Provenance
Provenance Dr. John Otis Brew (1935)
Provenance Peabody Museum Expedition (1935)
Agency Control Bureau of Indian Affairs

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