Handaxe

Museum number:
7-3073
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003073
Alternate number:
464 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
Axe, chert, rounded. Smooth butt, edges and butt ground and polished, tip missing. 110 mm long, 53 mm wide
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Ibsley, Hampshire, England
Collector:
Mr Ringwood
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #17: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1963–October 2, 1963), S1971-1972 #128: Department of Anthropology (CSU Stanislaus) (April 18, 1972–April 17, 1973), S1971-1972 #86: Charlotte Wood School/John Fischer (February 3, 1972–February 10, 1972), S1973-1974 #71: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 22, 1974–April 3, 1974), and S1979-1980 #21: Department of Forestry, UC Berkeley/Joe McBride (October 30, 1979–November 12, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3073, described as Axe, chert, rounded. Smooth butt, edges and butt ground and polished, tip missing. 110 mm long, 53 mm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3073, described as Axe, chert, rounded. Smooth butt, edges and butt ground and polished, tip missing. 110 mm long, 53 mm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 7-3073, described as Axe, chert, rounded. Smooth butt, edges and butt ground and polished, tip missing. 110 mm long, 53 mm wide

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