Bones: mostly hippo

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Object Number 29-45-50/H450

Display Title Bones: mostly hippo

Descriptions

Inventory Description Organic, bone faunal remain

Classification

Faunal Remain

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon / Tuscany / <County> / <City> / Goulfei

Intrasite Layer 5; 3'6"- 4'8" down

Additional Geographic Terms Shari Basin; Sudan; mound in the middle of town

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 9.4 x 7.7 x 3.6 cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 24 and debris

Label on object H450

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for Bones: Domestic cow, hippo, fish	29-45-50/H449	Bones: Domestic cow, hippo, fish	Faunal Remain	Goulfei
Image Not Available for Bone: Hippo	29-45-50/H451	Bone: Hippo	Faunal Remain	Goulfei
	968-10-40/N9382.3	Bones, faunal remains of rodent?, including mostly long bones and one mandible fragment	Faunal Remain	Bosnia Cepelica
	92-49-20/C962	Large quantity of broken bones - mostly deer	Faunal Remain	Copan
	987-22-10/109606	Animal bone fragments, some with butchery marks; one with possible copper staining. Includes long bones, ribs, vertebrae; mostly mammal	Faunal Remain	Harvard Yard
	987-22-10/109631	Animal bone fragments, including long bones and ribs; some with butchery marks; likely mostly mammal	Faunal Remain	Harvard Yard
Image Not Available for Large quantity of broken bones - mostly deer	92-49-20/C962.16	Large quantity of broken bones - mostly deer	Faunal Remain	Copan
Image Not Available for Unidentified animal bones - mostly mammal	56-45-10/35436	Unidentified animal bones - mostly mammal	Faunal Remain	Ipswich
	23-33-50/B3548.1	Hippo hide whips	Unclassified Raw Material	Angola
	23-33-50/B3562	Bracelet of hippo skin	Raw Material Bracelet	Angola
	23-33-50/B3548.2	Hippo hide whips	Unclassified Raw Material	Angola
	66-36-50/10857	Whip, hippo hide	Whip	Kenya

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