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Object Number
36-6-50/1534
Display Title
Unfinished quartz fist axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, fist axe, roughly ovate, thick, heavy, unfinished
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chellean II
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Tanzania
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Oldoway
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 21.2 x 8.7 x 1.5 cm (8 3/8 x 3 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-6-50/1534; Oldoway; HEK II S/13-V-35?
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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