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Object Number
34-100-40/1680
Display Title
Bone compressor
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, bone, utilized, tapered to point one end, smoothed
Classification
- Utilized bone
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Lower Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
/
Dordogne
Intrasite
Level L.M.
Additional Geographic Terms
Abri des Merveilles at Castel-Merle; Sergeac
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 11.6 x 3 cm (1 1/8 x 4 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-100-40/1680; 93a
Provenance
Collector
George Grant MacCurdy
(1929)
Donor
Donated by
American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge)
(02/1934)
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