Blade

Museum number:
5-2735
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002735
Alternate number:
FEP 38/56-101
Accession number:
Acc.1688
Description:
(a) Basalt backed blade; (b) flint flake scraper with secondary chipping
Donor:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Upper Australopithecus Cave, Taungs Limeworks, North West Province
Collector:
Charles Lewis Camp, Frank Elmer Peabody, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
September 7, 1947
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Backed blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 5-2735, described as (a) Basalt backed blade; (b) flint flake scraper with secondary chipping
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 5-2735, described as (a) Basalt backed blade; (b) flint flake scraper with secondary chipping

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