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Object Number 27-11-10/96417
Display Title Awls derived from deer and antelope ulnae
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone perforator fragments, flat, cut, grooved
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Grant County / <City> / Swarts Ranch
Intrasite General digging
Additional Geographic Terms Mimbres Valley; Santa Rita, 20 miles SE of; town 18s; range
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 4.8 x 1 x 0.4 cm (1 7/8 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 96417

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Awls derived from deer and antelope ulnae
27-11-10/96446 Awls derived from deer and antelope ulnae
Perforator
Swarts Ranch
Bone awls made from deer and antelope ulnae
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Grant County
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Perforator
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Worked animal bone awls and awl fragments; two fragments crossmend
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Perforator
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Perforator
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Perforator
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Raw Material
Perforator
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Perforator
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Perforator
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Perforator
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Perforator
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Perforator
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