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awl

human history
  • Description

    awl, bone. The awl is made from the shaft portion of the bone. The bone has been truncated at one end into a point. The cortical surface is polished. On the opposite side the marrow cavity is visible. '57' is written on the item in black in ink.

  • Place
    Swiss Lake Dwellings/Switzerland
  • Accession Number
    1930.107
  • Other Id

    24842.8 (ethnology)

    57 (Cole collection number)

    121 (Cole collection page number)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • awl, 1930.107, 24842.8, 57, 121, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • awl, 1930.107, 24842.8, 57, 121, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • awl, 1930.107, 24842.8, 57, 121, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • awl, 1930.107, 24842.8, 57, 121, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Nov 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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