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awl

human history
  • Other Name

    awl

  • Description

    bone, awl. The awl is made from the articulated end of a bone. The item has been polished. The awl has been shaped at one end to form a point. There are three labels adhering to the item: "Luscherz", '1001", the third label is illegible.

  • Place
    Swiss Lake Dwellings/Switzerland
  • Accession Date
    1883
  • Other Id

    11001 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • awl, 11001, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • awl, 11001, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • awl, 11001, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • awl, 11001, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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