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Object Number 72-20-40/6913
Display Title Pointed tools made of splinters of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, utilized, awls, pointed ends, slender, flat, varying sizes
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms Lake dwellings; Lake Concise; Lake Neuchatel
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 11.4 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm (4 1/2 x 9/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 27
Label on object 6913

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