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Object Number
39-46-60/5998
Display Title
Bone needle (CAST)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Casting of organic bone, utilized, needle, slightly curved, point broken
Classification
- Casting
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Late Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
/
Hopei
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Choukoutien
Intrasite
Upper Cave
Additional Geographic Terms
Peking, 37 miles southwest of
Materials
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 6.8 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (2 11/16 x 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
39-46-60/5998; C.K.T./U.C.
Provenance
Collector
W. C. Pei
Exchange participant
W. C. Pei
(May 18, 1939)
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