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Object Number 72-20-40/6899
Display Title Bone chisel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, utilized, possibly metatarsal, rounded and flattened at one end
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms Lake dwellings; Lake Concise; Lake Neuchatel
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 2 x 0.5 cm (6 1/2 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 6899
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz

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