Pointed tools made of splinters of bone

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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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