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Bone awls of goat bone
Object Number 15-64-50/B1456
Display Title Bone awls of goat bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone awls, bones worked to point at 1 end, abraded
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife / <City> / Guanche Cave
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (3 3/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object B1456

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