Handaxe

Museum number:
5-6426
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2369
Description:
Diabase hand-axe; Upper Acheulian
Donor:
John Desmond Clark
Collection place:
Power's Site, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
between Pneil and Nooitgedaeht
Culture or time period:
Upper Acheulean
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Acheulean (ca. 1,760,000–130,000 BP) and Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 18 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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-6426, described as Diabase hand-axe; Upper AcheulianHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-6426, described as Diabase hand-axe; Upper Acheulian
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-6426, described as Diabase hand-axe; Upper Acheulian

Tools