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Object Number
15-12-50/B1256
Display Title
Gazelle's horn-core
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, utilized bone, horn? tapered to broken point
Classification
- Utilized bone
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Dongola
/
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/
<City>
/
Kerma
Intrasite
Lower Deffufa, (KI), Room L
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.2 x 1.3 x 1.7 cm (3 5/8 x 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
B1256; 291
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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