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Bone needle
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Object Number 14-59-10/90293
Display Title Bone needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, possible needle, perforated
Classification
  • Bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nebraska / Cass County / <City> / Walker Gilmore
Intrasite gully near Exposure from which it probally came
Additional Geographic Terms Rock Bluff, 1 1/2 mi south of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm (5 7/16 x 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 90293
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Sterns (1914)
Expedition Peabody Museum Missouri Valley Expedition (1914)

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