- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bone awl.
- Cultural groups
- Natufian
- Date / Period
- Date made: 13000-10000 BC
- Date collected
- 1931
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932
- Dimensions
- Width: max 13 mm, Depth: max 8 mm, Length: max 80 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.65.172
- Associated publications
- Turville-Petre, F. 1932. Excavations in the Mugharet El-Kebarah The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 62, 271-76. [AS 04/01/2010]
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