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Object Number
36-6-50/1543
Display Title
Stone cleaver made on roller pebble
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone edged tool, cleaver, convex butt, oblique tapered blade
Classification
- Cleaver
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean I
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Tanzania
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Oldoway
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 9.7 x 6.9 cm (7 7/8 x 3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-6-50/1543; Ach 1; VEK S III; 1931-34020; Oldoway
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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