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Object Number 01-1-40/55931
Display Title Bone spear point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, point, broken in half, tapered end, flat base, barbed sides
Classification
  • Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / Dordogne / <County> / Tursac / La Madeleine
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one piece): 8.9 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm (3 1/2 x 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 40/55931
Provenance
Collector Henry Christy
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology (1901)

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