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Ancient Indus Valley civilization objects made of bones.

Bone tools

Bone tools from the Ravi Phase levels at Harappa ( c. 3300-2800 BCE) include projectile points (top three objects), a bone awl that may have been used for making basketry (middle) and polished rib fragments that may have been used in weaving. The pe… >

Copper knives with bone handles

Copper knives with bone handles >

Game, Bone and Shell Objects

10 small objects in two rows of five each. Top row: Similar looking objects published in Vats 1940 (Vol. II), Plate CXVII, nos. 28-31. Vats described these as “chessman shaped lingams” and mentioned that they “are found in very large numbers … >

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