Scraper

Museum number:
18-171
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1973
Description:
Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt (?); bifaced. Length 7.7 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.
Donor:
Frederick L. Dunn and UC San Francisco Medical Center
Collection place:
Gua Kechil (cave), Raub District, Pahang State, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Hoabinhian
Collector:
UC San Francisco Medical Center
Collection date:
March 8, 1964
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 7.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Scraper, accession number 18-171, described as Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt (?); bifaced. Length 7.7 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Scraper, accession number 18-171, described as Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt (?); bifaced. Length 7.7 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Scraper, accession number 18-171, described as Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt (?); bifaced. Length 7.7 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 18-171, described as Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt (?); bifaced. Length 7.7 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.

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