The use of anatomic finds as ornamentation in the construction of objects is widespread in different geographical areas and in different ethnoanthropological groups. The human find, usually the bone, becomes a functional part in the construction of objects. The bone seems to lose, at least in part, its actual anatomic identity, in that it is worked and manipulated so that it becomes an integral part of an object thus acquiring a symbolic meaning which goes beyond its bodily essence.
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