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3 CASTS of thick medium-sized elongated pointed handaxes
3 CASTS of thick medium-sized elongated pointed handaxes
Object Number 57-20-50/10154
Display Title 3 CASTS of thick medium-sized elongated pointed handaxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Casting of chipped stone bifaces, hand axes, ovate, large, chipped
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chellean IV
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Intrasite Junction of Bed II with Bed III
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika, Northern: Olduvai Gorge
Materials Plaster
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 10.4 x 4.8 cm (8 7/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 57-20-50/10154; OLD; 1931.3277; VEK II TOP; Ch 5; 42; x96; 6a; 1941; 6b; 1931.41

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