Handaxe

Museum number:
5-3689
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1812
Description:
Crude hand-axe; banded grey-black flint; 13.5 x 6.9 cm.
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and Rhodes-Livingstone Museum
Collection place:
Zimbabwe
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
1956-1960
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 6.9 centimeters and length 13.5 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 Handaxe, accession number 5-3689, described as Crude hand-axe; banded grey-black flint; 13.5 x 6.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3689, described as Crude hand-axe; banded grey-black flint; 13.5 x 6.9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3689, described as Crude hand-axe; banded grey-black flint; 13.5 x 6.9 cm.

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