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Object Number 37-100-40/4136
Display Title Example of Leon Coutier's workmanship in quartzite - anvil technique
Descriptions
Inventory Description Quartzite, chipped stone, axe, symmetrical, silver gray in color
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 20.7 × 10.9 × 5.4 cm (8 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-100-40/4136

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