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Object Number
57-20-50/10150
Display Title
2 CASTS of massive elongated handaxes with triangular section
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Casting of chipped stone bifaces hand axes ovate, crude large thick long points
Classification
- Casting
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chellean III
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Intrasite
Middle portion of Bed II, some 20 feet above level of Chellean II stage
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika, Northern: Olduvai Gorge
Materials
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 x 12.4 x 8.9 cm (9 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
57-20-50/10150; OLDOWAY; 1931.4190; FLKS II S; CH 3; x.9.4; 30; 4a; CH3; 4b
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