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Quartz fist axe
Object Number 36-6-50/1533
Display Title Quartz fist axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone biface, fist axe, roughly ovate, thick angled butt
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chellean II
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / <State> / <County> / <City> / Oldoway
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 9 x 7 cm (6 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-6-50/1533; HEK II; 17.V.35.; OLD
Provenance
Collector East African Archaeological Expedition (1929-1935)
Intermediary Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey (01/13/1936)
Donor Donated by East African Archaeological Expedition (01/13/1936)

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