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3 chipped stone axes
Object Number 36-1-50/1866
Display Title 3 chipped stone axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone bifaces, axes, ovate, thick, 1 with broken end
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Mesolithic?
  • Tumbian?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 8.1 x 3.8 cm (6 x 3 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 36-1-50/1866; COLLECTION V. BABET; 29/52; 32.89.192; 32.89.265; 29/120; 29/108;

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