Scraper and tuff

Museum number:
5-2009a
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
(a) Core scraper; massive quartz-imbedded in volcanic tuff (b) Volcanic tuff. Chellean I
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Bed II
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
September 1960
Materials:
Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Core scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 3.5 centimeters and length 4.8 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scraper and tuff, accession number 5-2009a, described as (a) Core scraper; massive quartz-imbedded in volcanic tuff (b) Volcanic tuff. Chellean IHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scraper and tuff, accession number 5-2009a, described as (a) Core scraper; massive quartz-imbedded in volcanic tuff (b) Volcanic tuff. Chellean I
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper and tuff, accession number 5-2009a, described as (a) Core scraper; massive quartz-imbedded in volcanic tuff (b) Volcanic tuff. Chellean I

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