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Object Number 34-93-40/1454
Display Title Worked boar's tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, utilized bone, boar tusk, worked
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nordic Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Czechoslovakia / Bohemia / <County> / Stehelceves / Homolka
Intrasite Pit 87
Additional Geographic Terms Stehelceves
Materials Tusk
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm (5 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-93-40/1454

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Utilized bone
Raw Material
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Utilized bone
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Utilized bone
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Bone
Papua New Guinea
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Ornament
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Point
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Ornament
Switzerland
Boar's tusk
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Utilized bone
Raw Material
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Utilized bone
St. Aubin
Pointed pieces of boars tusk
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Utilized bone
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Awl made of boars tusks
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Utilized bone
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