This is a fragment of a tool handle made from animal bone. The exterior of the handle is polished, along with the unbroken end. The polished, unbroken end also has the start of a perforation that is 2.14 mm in diameter and 7 mm deep. It is not certain what type of tool the handle would have been attached to, but it may have been a perforating tool like a needle or an awl. Dusti Bridges, Archaeologist
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