Awl
87-39-1190
Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor
From: Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1190 |
| Current Location | Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display |
| Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | Beautifully pointed and polished bone awl. Split metapodial. (VB 1939) Bone. Beautifully pointed and polished. (HNW 1933) |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Length | 9.1 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1190 - Old Museum Number | 31 (tag) - Original Number |
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