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Object Number 72-20-40/6889
Display Title Bone implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, point, tapered one end, incised linear designs
Classification
  • Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / Dordogne / <County> / Tursac / La Madeleine
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 1.4 x 11.6 x 1.3 cm (9/16 x 4 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 6889
Provenance
Collector Charles Lartet (1859)
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology (1872)

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