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Object Number 12-17-40/81509
Display Title Bone needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic; bone needle points
Classification
  • Needle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / <State> / <County> / Lourdes / Cavern of Espelugues
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest object): 8.4 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm (3 5/16 × 3/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 81509; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
Provenance
Collector Leon Nelli
Collector Ed. Piette
Donor Donated by Dr. Charles Peabody (1912)

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