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Object Number
52-16-50/9357
Display Title
51 flint backed blades, bladelets, and fragments; 2 knives - lost while on loan
Descriptions
Object Description
51 flint backed blades, bladelets, and fragments; 2 knives - lost while on loan to Wilkie Foundation, June 1974
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone blades, backed, bladelets, fragments
Classification
- Blade
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Lower Capsian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tunisia
Additional Geographic Terms
El Mekta
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 11.2 x 0.8 cm (1 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
50
Label on object
52-16-50/9357
Provenance
Collector
Dr. E. G. Gobert
Intermediary
Hugh O'Neill Hencken
(04/04/1952)
Donor
Donated by
American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge)
(04/04/1952)
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