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Object Number 46-77-30/6749
Display Title Long bone needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone perforator, hooked at one end, carved animal
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Nazca
Additional Geographic Terms South Coast
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 27.2 x 3.6 x 0.8 cm (10 11/16 x 1 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/6749; 913D

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