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Object Number
36-6-50/1550
Display Title
Implement in breccia, probably cleaver
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone cleaver embedded in breccia
Classification
- Cleaver
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean III
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Tanzania
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Oldoway
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Stone , Breccia
Dimensions
Overall: 22.2 × 13.4 × 5.5 cm (8 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
oldoway / 1931-32 26. / M.K. IV / Ach: 3 ; 36-6-50/1550
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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