Backed blade

Museum number:
9-6143
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1805
Description:
Upper Natufian backed blade; flint; with corn glass
Donor:
Natural History Museum (London)
Collection place:
El-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Verbatim coll. place:
Palestine, Mugharet-el-Wad
Culture or time period:
Natufian (12,500–9,500 BC)
Collector:
J. Waechter
Collection date:
1958
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Backed blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 1 centimeters and length 2.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, accession number 9-6143, described as Upper Natufian backed blade; flint; with corn glass
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, accession number 9-6143, described as Upper Natufian backed blade; flint; with corn glass

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