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Object Number
36-6-50/1539
Display Title
Quartz fist axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone bifaces, fist axes, thick, ovate
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chellean V
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
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<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Oldoway
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest ): 15 × 9 × 8.4 cm (5 7/8 × 3 9/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
36-6-50/1539; Oldoway; Ch 5; 1931-2680; TK II?; 1931-3396; DKS II?; O II
Credit Line
East African Archaeological Expedition, 1936
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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Axe
|
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| |
| 36-6-50/1537 | 2 stone fist axes |
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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