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Object Number
57-20-50/10167
Display Title
CAST of cleaver made on a side-blow flake, U-shaped butt, oblique cutting edge
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Casting of chipped stone edged tool, cleaver, round butt, oblique blade
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: 12.5 x 7.7 x 4.1 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
57-20-50/10167; OLDOWAY; 1931.34017; VEK S III; ACH 6; X.9.9; 122
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