Burin from Laugerie Haute & Basse, Dordogne, France
Burins are specialized stone flakes with sharp, chisel-like tips. Humans used them to work bone, antler, ivory, and wood and to carve designs and images on the surfaces of these materials.
![dark colored burin with a sharp tip from Laugerie Haute & Basse, Dordogne, France](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/images/portrait/2009-41748%20LH%20-%20B%20Dordogne%20Burin%20NMNH%20%2399559_p.jpg.webp?itok=Ze2jnAiK)
Burins are specialized stone flakes with sharp, chisel-like tips. Humans used them to work bone, antler, ivory, and wood and to carve designs and images on the surfaces of these materials.