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Object Number 80-20-10/21354
Display Title Bone awls.
Descriptions
Object Description Bone awls. fish bone (perforator?) fish bone (perforator?) unidentified mammal bone fragment
Inventory Description Organic, bone, 2 perforators, 1 utilized bone
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Date A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
  • Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arkansas / Cross County / <City> / Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Intrasite No information
Additional Geographic Terms Saint Francis River, West side of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 21.354
Provenance
Collector Edwin Curtiss (01/01/1880)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (04/01/1880)

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