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Object Number 36-6-50/1565
Display Title 3 obsidian scrapers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone; three obsidian scrapers
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Mousterian?
  • Late Levalloisian?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya
Additional Geographic Terms Kinangop Plateau; Kinangop escarpment, Top beds of
Materials Obsidian
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest object): 4.2 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm (1 5/8 × 1 1/4 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 36-6-60/1565

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