Stone hammer made of metamorphic rock

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Object Number 2004.24.33151.2

Display Title Stone hammer made of metamorphic rock

Descriptions

Subject

Implement
Worked Stone
Stone Hammer

Department Photographic

Date 1991

Artist Hillel S. Burger

Culture

San
Ju/'hoansi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Namibia

Additional Geographic Terms Nyae Nyae Area; Kalahari Desert

Materials Negative, black and white

Dimensions Overall: 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.)

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