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Object Number 34-93-40/908
Display Title Splinter of boar's tusk with definite signs of utilization
Descriptions
Object Description Splinter of boar's tusk with definite signs of utilization
Inventory Description Organic, bone, utilized bone, boars tusk, worked, broken
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nordic Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Czechoslovakia / Bohemia / <County> / Stehelceves / Homolka
Intrasite Hut B, body of floor
Additional Geographic Terms Stehelceves
Materials Tusk
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (3 1/8 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-93-40/908

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