Burin
Bec-de-flute
97-124-38
From: France | Dordogne | La Madeleine
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 97-124-38 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Magdalenian |
| Provenience | France | Dordogne | La Madeleine |
| Period | Magdalenian |
| Date Made | 15000-10000 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Flint screw-driver burin - "Bec-de-flute" but verging towards buin plan. Fine retouch alon one edge and part of opposite edge. Translucent brownish flint |
| Length | 6.7 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-124-38 - Old Museum Number | 15398 - ANSP Number |
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