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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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Point
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