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Object Number
79-4-10/20207
Display Title
Organic bone perforator
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone awl, bird.
May be fish bone.
Inventory Description
Organic, bone perforator
Classification
- Perforator
Department
Archaeological
Date
A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
- Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arkansas
/
Cross County
/
<City>
/
Stanley Mounds; Parkin Site; Arkansas State # 3CS29
Intrasite
Mound 3
Additional Geographic Terms
St. Francis River, East side of; Memphis, 35 miles west of
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
20.207
Provenance
Collector
Edwin Curtiss
(01/01/1879)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(01/01/1879)
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