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Object Number 71-19-40/5500
Display Title Chisels made of boars tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, utilized, tusk fragments
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms Lake dwellings; lake neuchatel
Materials Tusk
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one): 1.4 x 3.6 x 0.5 cm (9/16 x 1 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 5500

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Pendants made of boars tusk. Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk.
71-19-40/5115 Pendants made of boars tusk. Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk.
Ornament
Switzerland
Awls made of boars tusks. Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk.
71-19-40/5114 Awls made of boars tusks. Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk.
Point
St. Aubin
Pendants made of boars tusk, dogs teeth. Canine teeth and wild pig tusk.
71-19-40/5116 Pendants made of boars tusk, dogs teeth. Canine teeth and wild pig tusk.
Ornament
Switzerland
Splinter of boar's tusk with definite signs of utilization
34-93-40/908 Splinter of boar's tusk with definite signs of utilization
Utilized bone
Raw Material
Homolka
Worked boar's tusk
34-93-40/1454 Worked boar's tusk
Raw Material
Utilized bone
Homolka
Awl, made of boars tusk
71-19-40/5101 Awl, made of boars tusk
Utilized bone
St. Aubin
Awl made of boars tusks
71-19-40/5105 Awl made of boars tusks
Utilized bone
St. Aubin
Boar's tusk nose ornament, when in use the two tusks are connected +
07-45-70/72648 Boar's tusk nose ornament, when in use the two tusks are connected +
Bone
Papua New Guinea
Small tool made of boars tusk
71-19-40/5106 Small tool made of boars tusk
Utilized bone
Switzerland
Boar's tusk, used for polishing
27-63-60/D3075 Boar's tusk, used for polishing
Faunal
Andaman Islands
Boar's tusks, used for polishing
27-63-60/D3074 Boar's tusks, used for polishing
Faunal
Andaman Islands
Boar's tusk
96-24-10/49161 Boar's tusk
Utilized bone
Raw Material
North America