Awl

97-124-63

From: France | Chatelperron

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 97-124-63
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lower Aurignacian
Provenience France | Chatelperron
Period Lower Aurignacian
Date Made 41000-26000 BCE
Section European
Materials Horse Bone
Description

Bone awl made from metatarsus of horse. Ornamented just below head with 4 encircling parallel lines. Point has been fractured.

Length 10.6 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-124-63 - Old Museum Number | 15446 - ANSP Number

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