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Object Number
36-1-50/1859
Display Title
2 quartzite fist axes, heavily weathered - note sand blasting
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone bifaces, fist axes, 1 side notched stemmed, 1 roughly ovate
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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French West Africa
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Fum-el-Alba
Additional Geographic Terms
Mali; Taoudeni and Araouan, between; Timbuctoo, region of
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 13.8 x 4.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
36-1-50/1859; Fum-el-Alba/11 Nou###he 1911/g.499; 33.19.29; 33.19.48
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