Spear-thrower with bison decoration

-13000

Museum of Human Evolution
Burgos, Spain

Common name: Spear-thrower.
Technical name: Reproduction of a bison on a reindeer antler, possible fragment of a spear-thrower.
Chronology: 13,000 BP. Upper Palaeolithic. Magdalenian.
Site: Montastruc, Tarn-et-Garonne. France.
Description: Sample of portable art on reindeer antler. Realistic representation of a bison in a minimal space: the piece measures 10 cm.

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Title: Spear-thrower with bison decoration
Date Created: -13000
Location: Montastruc, Tarn-et-Garonne. France

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