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1884.118.180

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1884.118.180

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bone awl
Long description
Light brown grey bone point, slight condyle base; porous bone on one side. [CC [Excav. PR] 13/12/2013].
Date
Date collected
1865 July
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone, Process Carved
Dimensions
Thick: max 18 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 136 mm, Weight 20 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.180 Other numbers: 13 PR Cat other PR nos: ? 2590
Research and responses

Note that the four figure number is not given in the accession book entry. RIA - Royal Irish Academy. Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object was obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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