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Musee de l'Afrique Centrale
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Acc.2468
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
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S1996-1997 #10: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 14, 1997–April 9, 2007)
95
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S2005-2006 #2: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–unknown)
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S1988-1989 #14: Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Nicholas Toth (October 1, 1988–July 11, 1989)
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S1987-1988 #14: Indiana University (August 24, 1987–September 30, 1988)
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S2023-2024 #1: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
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: Hearst Museum object titled Anvil, museum number 5-5168.6, described as anvil pebble core rosy quartzite Kalambo Falls A, Zambia, southeast Africa - early stone age acheulean
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3555, described as Large backed blade; quartz
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3610, described as Quartz backed blade(?)
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3629, described as Brown quartzite backed blade .
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3636, described as Backed blade; quartz .
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3627, described as Chert backed blade.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3628, described as Flinted backed blade .
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, museum number 5-3637, described as Backed blade; small; tip missing .
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blades, museum number 5-10061.2, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blades, museum number 5-10061, described as six backed blades
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