Chisel
87-39-1180
From: Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1180 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Stag Horn |
| Description | Double tool? Opposite end is hollowed to form very small socket. Catalogued by Troyon as socket or handle. (VB 1939) Stagshorn tine. Socket worked for awl. Point flattened and polished by use. (HNW 1933) |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Length | 8.8 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1180 - Old Museum Number | 15 (tag) - Original Number |
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