Blade

Museum number:
7-172
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070000172
Accession number:
Acc.392
Description:
fragmentary white blade “to show thickness of the crust” - Magdalenian
Donor:
Adolphe Stiegelman
Collection place:
Les Eyzies, Dordogne, Aquitaine
Culture or time period:
Magdalenian
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Blades (stone tools) and Magdalenian (ca. 17,000–12,000 BP)
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
patinated
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Blade, accession number 7-172, described as fragmentary white blade “to show thickness of the crust” - MagdalenianHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Blade, accession number 7-172, described as fragmentary white blade “to show thickness of the crust” - MagdalenianHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Blade, accession number 7-172, described as fragmentary white blade “to show thickness of the crust” - Magdalenian
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 7-172, described as fragmentary white blade “to show thickness of the crust” - Magdalenian

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