Awl (uncertain)

Needle (uncertain)

2006-10-52

From: Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Moosseedorf | Moosseedorf

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 2006-10-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swiss Lake Dweller
Provenience Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Moosseedorf | Moosseedorf
Period Neolithic
Date Made 4300-2300 BCE
Section European
Materials Elk Bone
Description

Elk metatarsus bone (?). Smoothed and flattened tip, possible part of long bone. "Cervus elephas metatarsus" written in ink. Paper tag: Mooseedorfsee Bern Suisse.

Height 1.9 cm
Length 11.4 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Brooklyn Museum, 2006
Other Number 1330 (tag) - Other Number | 01.1171.8 - Other Number

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