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Bone matting needle
Object Number 19-22-10/93461
Display Title Bone matting needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked bone, broken, perforation at one end
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Knox County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms St. George River; Watt's Point
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm (1 1/16 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 93461

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Needle
Utilized bone
Perforator
Point
Shell heap
Worked bone, matting needle, broken at both ends, perforation evident at one end
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Needle
Shell heap
Worked bone, including point fragments, and a bone matting needle fragment with perforation
999-22-10/83835 Worked bone, including point fragments, and a bone matting needle fragment with perforation
Point
Utilized bone
Needle
Maine
Worked bone matting needle fragments, including two with perforations
19-22-10/92820 Worked bone matting needle fragments, including two with perforations
Needle
Shell heap
Worked bone, perforator and possible matting needle point
19-22-10/92975 Worked bone, perforator and possible matting needle point
Perforator
Shell heap
Worked bone, two points and one matting needle fragment
19-22-10/92983 Worked bone, two points and one matting needle fragment
Needle
Point
Shell heap
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Needle
Shell heap
Image Not Available for Fragments bone "matting needle"
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Madisonville
Image Not Available for Fragment Bone Matting Needle (?)
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Madisonville
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Needle
Shell heap
Worked animal bone fragment, flat, rounded at one end, incised, one perforation, polished
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Utilized bone
Madisonville
Image Not Available for Bone needles
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Utilized bone
McVey A