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Object Number
71-19-40/5114
Display Title
Awls made of boars tusks. Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk.
Descriptions
Object Description
Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk. Broken. Modified: sharpened to point, perforated near top/base.
Inventory Description
Organic, bone, point, tusk, sharpened point
Classification
- Point
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
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Switzerland
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<County>
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<City>
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St. Aubin
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake dwellings
Materials
Tusk
Dimensions
Overall: 6.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm (2 5/8 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
5114; Saint Aubin
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