[Bonetools] Undetermined Neolithic bone object

[maltamirano]

Dear colleagues,
I am studying a worked bone assemblage from a Neolithic cave site in 
Granada, Spain. Among the typical pointed tools and some ornaments, I 
have found this object, which I have no idea about its function. It 
seems to have been made on a cattle rib. Its surfaces display evidences 
of abrasion for shaping. It meassures 8cm mong aprox. We have no 
evidences of bone beads,so the holes may have had a different purpose. 
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Manuel Altamirano García
Investigador Postdoctoral
Dpto. Prehistoria y Arqueología
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Campus de Cartuja s/n 18071
Universidad de Granada (España)
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