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. 2013 Aug 12;110(35):14186–14190. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1302730110

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Fig. 4. — Examples of Upper Paleolithic lissoirs. Distal fragment of a Gravettian lissoir from Abri Pataud (France) (45) (A). Distal fragment of a Proto-Aurignacian lissoir from La Grotte du Renne (France) (42) (B) and of a Magdalenian lissoir from La Grotte de la Vache (France) (24) (C). Almost complete Aurignacian lissoir from Gatzarria (France) (D) and mesial fragment (with typical scars of bending fractures at both ends) of a Aurignacian lissoir from Castanet-Nord (France) (46) (E). An unused modern lissoir (upper end) and plior (bottom end) use by leather craftsmen and made from a cow rib, purchased from the Internet, January 2013 (F). [(A) Collection MNHN, photo by C. Vercoutère; (C) Photo by E. Tartar; (D) Castanet project archives.]