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Organic, worked animal bone awl
Organic, worked animal bone awl
Object Number 83-44-10/32145
Display Title Organic, worked animal bone awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, worked animal bone awl, worked from ulna
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Date 200 BC - AD 400
Culture
  • Middle Woodland Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Edwards Mound Group; Ohio State Site #33H A7 (128; 42)
Intrasite Stone Mound, from burnt space under skeletons 42 to 46
Additional Geographic Terms Little Miami Valley; Anderson Township
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.2 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm (5 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32.145
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles L. Metz (03/01/1883)
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (03/01/1883)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (05/01/1883)

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