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Object Number
36-1-50/1835
Display Title
4 small polished stone celts
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ground stone axes, small, polished, thick rounded butts, rounded blades
Classification
- Axe
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Mauritania
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Aouker
Africa / French West Africa / <State> / <County> / <City> / Aouker
Africa / French West Africa / <State> / <County> / <City> / Aouker
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 6.1 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
36-1-50/1835; Aouker
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36-1-50/1856 | 4 small polished stone celts |
Axe
Raw Material |
Nigeria
French West Africa | |
| 36-1-50/1849 | 4 small polished stone celts |
Axe
|
Nigeria
French West Africa | |
| 36-1-50/1850 | 4 medium sized polished stone celts |
Axe
|
French West Africa
Nigeria | |
| 36-1-50/1851 | 5 large polished stone celts |
Axe
|
French West Africa
Nigeria | |
| 53-19-60/10297 | 2 epidorite partially ground & polished celts |
Raw Material
Axe |
Chakradharpur
| |
| 78-64-40/16668 | Stone celts, very small |
Raw Material
Axe |
Switzerland
| |
| 36-1-50/1837 | 6 partially polished stone celts - heavily weathered |
Axe
|
Bamako
| |
| 16-61-40/E1927 | Polished celts |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 36-1-50/1847 | 4 small polished stone celts (Zinder) |
Axe
|
Tamaya Mellet
Tamaya Mellet | |
| 40-25-50/4577 | 4 small chipped and polished stone axes or celts, made on water-worn pebbles |
Axe
|
Africa
| |
|
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for Polished celts, minute
| 12-10-40/E1784 | Polished celts, minute |
Axe
|
Switzerland
| |
| 53-19-60/10299 | 2 epidorite partially chipped & polished large celts or axes |
Axe
Raw Material |
Chakradharpur
|