Crescent shaped blade; flaked gray fossiliferous chert with dull gold patina; back concave; blade thins toward convex edge; length 14 cm; width 3.4 cm; thickness 9 cm
Donor:
Carl Kolbeck
Collection place:
Gårslev, Denmark
Verbatim coll. place:
Denmark; Gaarslev
Collector:
Ebbe Svendson Kolbeck
Collection date:
1896
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
Fresh non-patinated flake scars on 1 end and convex edge; ref: Danske Oldsager, pp.126-127 PL.552; late neolithic
Loans:
S1971-1972 #128: Department of Anthropology (CSU Stanislaus) (April 18, 1972–April 17, 1973), S1978-1979 #8: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (August 30, 1978–October 25, 1978), S1988-1989 #28: SFO Museum (March 15, 1989–October 5, 1989), 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)