CAST of elongated medium-sized handaxe with pointed butt & tip

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Object Number 57-20-50/10165

Display Title CAST of elongated medium-sized handaxe with pointed butt & tip

Descriptions

Inventory Description Casting of chipped stone biface, hand axe, leaf-shaped, long

Classification

Casting

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Acheulean VI

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Tanzania

Intrasite Uppermost deposits of Bed IV

Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika, Northern: Olduvai Gorge

Materials Plaster

Dimensions Overall: 17 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm (6 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 57-20-50/10165; OLDOWAY; HGS IV S; 8835; 126

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	57-20-50/10155	3 CASTS of thick medium-sized elongated pointed handaxes	Casting	Tanzania
	57-20-50/10154	3 CASTS of thick medium-sized elongated pointed handaxes	Casting	Tanzania
	57-20-50/10153	CAST of medium-sized thick elongated pointed handaxe	Casting	Tanzania
	57-20-50/10163	2 CASTS of medium-sized pointed handaxes	Casting	Tanzania
	57-20-50/10151	CAST of medium-size elongated pointed handaxe	Casting	Tanzania
	57-20-50/10166	CAST of small elongated pointed handaxe	Casting	Tanzania
	57-20-50/10162	2 CASTS of large elongated pointed handaxes	Casting	Tanzania
Image Not Available for 3 medium sized pear shaped handaxes with thick butt and pointed end	57-31-60/10700	3 medium sized pear shaped handaxes with thick butt and pointed end	Axe	Et Tabun
	57-20-50/10152	2 CASTS of large thick elongated pointed handaxes	Casting	Tanzania
	57-31-60/10698	1 medium sized pearshaped handaxe with thin butt and rounded tip	Raw Material Axe	Et Tabun
	57-31-60/10699	11 medium-sized pearshaped handaxes with thick butt and blunt tip	Axe Raw Material	Et Tabun
	57-20-50/10149	3 CASTS of large massive elongated handaxes	Casting	Tanzania

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