Chopper

Museum number:
5-3508
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1811
Description:
Small chopper; grey quartzite
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Orichinga Valley, Western Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Erosion Gullies; Upper Pleistocene
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
February 1963
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 5.4 centimeters and width 4.7 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023) and S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 5-3508, described as Small chopper; grey quartzite
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 5-3508, described as Small chopper; grey quartzite

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