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Object Number
36-6-50/1557
Display Title
5 stone fist axes - material is andasite
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone bifaces, fist axes, roughly ovate, some broken
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean VI
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Tanzania
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<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Oldoway
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 9.2 x 3.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
36-6-50/1557; Oldoway, 1931-3409, Vek SIV; Top; Ach. 6; 1931-3427; 1931-3431; 19
Provenance
Collector
East African Archaeological Expedition
(1929-1936)
Intermediary
Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey
(01/13/1936)
Donor
Donated by
East African Archaeological Expedition
(01/13/1936)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36-6-50/1544 | 5 stone fist axes |
Axe
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Oldoway
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| 36-6-50/1552 | 5 stone fist axes |
Axe
|
Oldoway
| |
| 20-32-50/B2444 | Fist axes - pointed |
Axe
|
Sidi Baikia
| |
| 36-1-50/1859 | 2 quartzite fist axes, heavily weathered - note sand blasting |
Axe
|
Fum-el-Alba
| |
| 36-6-50/1548 | 4 stone fist axes |
Axe
|
Oldoway
| |
| 36-6-50/1537 | 2 stone fist axes |
Axe
|
Oldoway
| |
| 12-10-40/E1166 | "Fist-axes" small |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 36-6-50/1556 | 7 quartz fist axes |
Axe
|
Oldoway
| |
| 36-6-50/1563 | 5 stone fist axes - good examples |
Axe
Raw Material |
Kenya
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| 20-32-50/B2443 | Fist axes - oval |
Axe
|
Sidi Baikia
| |
| 37-74-50/2133 | 6 quartzite fist axes |
Axe
|
Tit Mellil
| |
| 37-74-50/2145 | 3 quartzite fist axes on flakes - one sand polished? |
Axe
|
Tit Mellil
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