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Image Not Available for Collection of stone axes of the "celt" type
Collection of stone axes of the "celt" type
Image Not Available for Collection of stone axes of the "celt" type
Object Number 2004.29.12859
Display Title Collection of stone axes of the "celt" type
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Cape Colony / Stone axes of the "celt" type - sandstone varying in texture / to Quartite - Size N 6 1/2 x 3 1/2, T. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2, S. 3 1/4 x 2. / Gift of Geo. Leith"; printed on photograph: "Plate 9."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1920
Culture
  • prehistoric Sub-Saharan African periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Gelatin Printing-out paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.525 × 13.97 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by George Leith

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