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Object Number 20-30-50/B2490.1
Display Title Fist axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone handaxe; orange colored stone
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Morocco / <State> / <County> / <City> / El Agrir
Additional Geographic Terms Sahara, Northwest; Morocco Region
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.5 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm (4 1/8 × 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-30-50/B2490.1; B/2490
Provenance
Collector Capt. M. Bourlon
Donor Donated by Dr. Charles Peabody (1920)

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