awl
- Museum number
- +.8168
- Description
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Awl made from the tibia (back lower leg bone) of a mountain hare. The distal end has been scraped to a thin pointed end used for making holes in animal skins in preparation for sewing. The proximal end was broken in antiquity.
- Dimensions
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Length: 6 centimetres
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Thickness: 1 centimetres
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Width: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The back leg bones of mountain hare are an ideal size for the production of awls.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2009 23 Jun-present, Nottinghamshire, Creswell Crags Museum, LT Loan.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- +.8168
