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Object Number
55-60-50/9942
Display Title
Hammerstone of fossil wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, fossilized wood, tools, hammerstones, roughly spherical, crudely worked
Classification
- Tool
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Khartoum Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa: Sudan; Kaderu; Khartoum, about 20 km. NNE of
Materials
Fossil, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm (2 5/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55-60-50/9942; B6; B7
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