Flakes

Museum number:
5-4895
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004895
Alternate number:
7560/ 295 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2103
Description:
Chert, quartz, & quartzite chips, chunks, flakes, & flake fragments
Donor:
South African Museum
Collection place:
Montagu Cave, Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
between levels VI and VII; square 295
Culture or time period:
Howieson's Poort
Collector:
Charles M. Keller and South African Museum
Collection date:
1964-1965
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Needs object count - more than 300
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, accession number 5-4895, described as Chert, quartz, & quartzite chips, chunks, flakes, & flake fragments
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, accession number 5-4895, described as Chert, quartz, & quartzite chips, chunks, flakes, & flake fragments

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