Awl

Details

• Title

  Awl

• Associated place

  Europe › Switzerland › Lake Biel-Bienne › Lattringen (lake village site) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Neolithic Period (central Europe) (c. 5500 - c. 1800 BC)

• Material and technique

  mammal bone

• Material index

  organic › animal › bone › mammal bone

• Object type

  tool/implement › awl

• Dimensions

  e: 15 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.5160.e

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