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Bone barking tool

Vast forests of the southern beech tree ( Nothofagus betuloi…
Needle case of bone

Where clothing is of vital importance for survival, needles …
Skull of a rhinoceros hornbill

Until recently, it had been assumed that all the birds origi…
Bone needles

Needles first appear in western Europe on Upper Palaeolithic…
Engraved rib

Small works of art made on bone, antler, ivory and stone are…
Arched wooden harp

Harps were often shown in banquet scenes, decorating the wal…
Bone figure of a woman

The earliest three-dimensional representations of humans fro…
High-backed chair, kiti cha enzi

This kita cha enzi (literally 'Chair of Power') represents t…
Salt bag

The Baluchi are a nomadic people, and consequently their bel…
Wool dress

Crow women decorated wool dresses with elk teeth and carved …
Bone figurine of two female figures

Two identical naked female figures hold their arms by their …
Bone spectacle fibula (brooch)

Votive offerings have been found in the area of the foundati…
Part of a mammoth's jawbone

Large numbers of animal and fossil specimens came to Britain…
Skull and lower jaw of an ichthyosaur

This large skull was collected by Mary Anning (1799-1847), o…
Bone pin

This pin was recovered from the River Thames in 1837 and ent…
Set of gaming pieces

The Anglo-Saxons were avid games players and gaming counters…
Barbed bone spear point

This point was made from a long splinter of bone, and would …
Bone disc decorated with horses

This disc, only 1.5 mm thick, was cut from the shoulder blad…
Bone flutes

The oldest known musical instruments in western Europe appea…
Bone needle

Compared to gold torcs , decorated shields and other Iron Ag…
Bone pendant decorated with an engraved drawing of a wolverine

This finely shaped piece of bone is only 1.5 mm thick. It ha…
Carved bone hairpin

This long pin was designed to decorate a hairstyle like the …
Decorated bone pin

Deliberately made jewellery is unknown in Old Stone Age site…
Gladiator figurine of bone or ivory

This figurine depicts a gladiator of the heavily-armed murmi…
Horse engraving on bone

The horse from Robin Hood Cave is the only piece of Upper Pa…
Notched bone

Excavations at Church Hole cave took place in 1876. Although…
Pin Hole Cave man

On the end of this woolly rhinoceros rib is a clear engravin…
Crocodile mask

Mabuiag is one of the many islands of the Torres Strait Isla…
Kozo, the double-headed dog

Kongo carvers produced wooden carvings ( minkisi , singular:…
Bronze portrait of a man

The thick-walled casting of this bronze portrait of a man su…
Decorated horse jaw

This horse jaw is the only piece of artwork dated to the end…