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Object Number 21-28-50/B2800
Display Title Prehistoric stone implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe? or mace head, micaceous, perforated, ovate
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm (9 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B2800

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Raw Material
Axe
Cameroon
Stone implement
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Axe
Australia
Stone implement
91-6-70/50781.2 Stone implement
Axe
Australia
Stone implement
91-6-70/50781.1 Stone implement
Axe
Australia
Stone implement
96-24-10/49108 Stone implement
Axe
Nambe Pueblo
Image Not Available for Large bone implement - perforated at end; Prehistoric
41-72-40/5642 Large bone implement - perforated at end; Prehistoric
Utilized bone
Switzerland
Stone implement
10-58-30/82781 Stone implement
Axe
British Guiana
Guyana
Polished stone implement, argillite?
89-48-10/90651 Polished stone implement, argillite?
Axe
Prince of Wales Island
Stone implement
94-57-10/R159 Stone implement
Axe
North America
Stone implement
94-57-10/R158 Stone implement
Axe
Queen Charlotte Islands
Image Not Available for Bone implement - hollowed at one end; Prehistoric
41-72-40/5643 Bone implement - hollowed at one end; Prehistoric
Utilized bone
Switzerland
Image Not Available for Bone implement with chisel-shaped end; Prehistoric
41-72-40/5644 Bone implement with chisel-shaped end; Prehistoric
Utilized bone
Switzerland