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Object Number 15-12-50/B1205
Display Title Bone awl
Descriptions
Object Description Bone awl
Inventory Description Organic, bone perforator, tapered to pointed end
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Intrasite KX, Grave K 1039
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm (5 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1205
Provenance
Collector George A. Reisner (1913)
Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1913)
Lender Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1915)
Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1929)

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