Pick, antler tip

Made:
England
Pick, antler tip, used to mine flint (?)

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Pick, antler tip, used to mine flint (?)
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Pick, antler tip, used to mine flint (?), broken and perforated at later date for wearing about neck (?), possibly neolithic, probably English

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A680993
Materials:
horn, antler tip
type:
antler pick