Rostroid type hand-axe; massive quartz. Chellean III
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Site FLK II
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
September 1960
Materials:
Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.9 centimeters and length 14.9 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)