Chisel
87-39-1181
From: Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 87-39-1181 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Lake Neuchatel |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Stag Horn |
| Description | Whole tool polished by use. Catalogued by Troyon as unfinished socket or handle, the extremity of which has been worked with a chisel. (VB 1939) Stagshorn tine. End worked and whole tool polished by use. (HNW 1933) |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Length | 15.8 cm |
| Width | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
| Other Number | L-37-1181 - Old Museum Number | 21 (tag) - Original Number |
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