Screw Driver Burin
Bec-de-flute
EU617
From: France | Dordogne | La Madeleine
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU617 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Magdalenian |
| Provenience | France | Dordogne | La Madeleine |
| Period | Magdalenian |
| Date Made | 15000-10000 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - same as EU616. See EU577. France, Dordogne, La Madeleine. Magdalenian. Revised Card: Flint screw driver burin - One of "two rough gravers...showing a falling off in flint working" (R. A. Smith of British Museum). "Bec-de-flute". Gray flint. #17. France, Dordogne, La Madeleine. Magdalenian. |
| Length | 5.7 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the British Museum, 1919 |
| Other Number | 17 - Other Number |
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