antler/ bone chisel; gouge; portable art

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Object Type: antler/ bone chisel; gouge; portable art
Museum number: Palart.752
Description: Chisel or gouge made from an antler tine. The base is notched and shaped and the tip is shaped by planing through the tissue interior from one surface only. This flat surface is decorated with an arrow design, formed of a central line and flanking chevrons with two zones of diagonal criss-cross decoration on each side above this. The opposite surface is worn and the only decoration that remains is a group of diagonal lines on one edge.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Massat
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 13.10 centimetres; Thickness: 2.30 centimetres; Width: 2.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Funder name
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: Palart.752

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