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chisel, bone

human history
  • Description

    chisel, bone. Piece of bone ground on the sides and reduced in thickness towards 1 end which is rounded. The other end is finished diagonally across the bone. Edges burred. A depression on the cortex side near the end suggests the start of a drill hole. Liggins 478. Complete.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1945.56
  • Other Id

    29953.1 (ethnology)

    478 (Liggins)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • chisel, bone, 1945.56, 29953.1, 478, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • chisel, bone, 1945.56, 29953.1, 478, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • chisel, bone, 1945.56, 29953.1, 478, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • chisel, bone, 1945.56, 29953.1, 478, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 19 Jan 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • chisel, bone 29953.1
  • chisel, bone 29953.1

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