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Image Not Available for Crab claw
Crab claw
Image Not Available for Crab claw
Object Number 39-69-50/5238
Display Title Crab claw
Descriptions
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Upper Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Morocco / Tangier
Intrasite Red 1
Additional Geographic Terms Mugharet el Aliya

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Shaman's bundle? Cedar bark cord is used to bind rags, crab & bird claws, down
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Necklace
Alaska
2 crab claws
35-31-50/1254L 2 crab claws
Faunal
Raw Material
Cameroon
Crab? Claw necklace
27-56-70/D2734 Crab? Claw necklace
Ornament
Village of Kowel
Image Not Available for Organic shell faunal remain, fragment of crab or lobster claw?
97-44-20/C1885.1 Organic shell faunal remain, fragment of crab or lobster claw?
Faunal Remain
Excavations 2, 3, 4
Crab? Claw armlets
27-56-70/D2735 Crab? Claw armlets
Ornament
Village of Kowel
Cast brass or bronze crab's claws
99-12-50/53730 Cast brass or bronze crab's claws
Casting
Ghana
Musical instrument made from crab claw
16-48-20/C7432 Musical instrument made from crab claw
Woodwind
Raw Material
Panama
Image Not Available for Part of claw of lobster or crab
97-44-20/C1882 Part of claw of lobster or crab
Excavations 2, 3, 4
Crab? Claw necklace
27-56-70/D2733 Crab? Claw necklace
Necklace
Village of Kowel
Image Not Available for Charm; feathers, birds' and crab's claws
69-30-10/2074 Charm; feathers, birds' and crab's claws
Alaska
Divining object, crab's "shear"
22-2-50/B3051 Divining object, crab's "shear"
Claw
Cameroon
(crab shell?) and bead necklaces
10-58-30/82873 (crab shell?) and bead necklaces
Raw Material
Necklace
British Guiana
Guyana