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Object Number
15-12-50/B1238
Display Title
Bone awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, bone perforator, worked to point, broken
Classification
- Perforator
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Dongola
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Kerma
Intrasite
KX, Grave K 1061
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B1238; 991
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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