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Object Number 40-70-60/7077
Display Title 6 medium sized chipped stone celts or picks made from pebbles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone bifaces, handaxes, roughly ovate, crude, made on pebbles
Classification
  • Axe
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic Cave Culture
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Malaysia / Kelantan
Additional Geographic Terms Gua Musang, near
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm (4 5/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 40-70-60/7077; 39.2F; G.M. 1939;

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