Socket
87-39-1116
Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor
From: Switzerland | Vaud Canton | Lake Neuchatel | Concise
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1116 |
| Current Location | Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display |
| Culture | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Vaud Canton | Lake Neuchatel | Concise |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2300 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | Highly polished hart's horn socket. See L-124-129. shouldered "straight" type. (VB 1941) Stagshorn. For mounting stone blade in handle. Highly polished. (HNW 1933) |
| Height | 5 cm |
| Length | 7.9 cm |
| Width | 6.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1116 - Old Museum Number | 1155 (tag) - Collector Number | 4 - Original Number | 97-124-129 - Associated Object Number |
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