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Object Number 2015.1.16.1668
Display Title Australopithecus africanus
Descriptions
Object Description Casts of two femoral heads, Stw 30A and Stw 74/30B
Classification
  • Paleoanthropological
Department Osteological
Date 2.6 - 2.0 million years ago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / <State> / Sterkfontein
Materials Plaster
Dimensions Overall: 6.9 × 3.1 × 3.6 cm (2 11/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 7/16 in.) Overall: 4.3 × 3.3 × 3.7 cm (1 11/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object Stw 30A Stw 74/30B2015.1.16.1668

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