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Bone Scraper

ELMO00001125.jpg Bone Scraper ThumbnailsDrilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk

Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s)

Description: Bone scraper made from a large mammal scapula (deer?). The spine is ground down; the inner and outer edges are slightly beveled toward the spine, and one end is flat-cut; from Atsinna Pueblo.
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Dimensions: L 125, W 55 MM

Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 40-45 M, ON ROOM FLOOR + AT 65 CM.

Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.

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Randy Sullivan, NPS Digital Team Photographer
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