Handaxe

Museum number:
5-6410
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Accession number:
Acc.2369
Description:
Small hand axe; Fauresmith Culture; weathered diabase.
Donor:
John Desmond Clark
Collection place:
Montana farm, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
Verbatim coll. place:
from gravel on bedrock
Culture or time period:
Fauresmith
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
1966
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-6410, described as Small hand axe; Fauresmith Culture; weathered diabase.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-6410, described as Small hand axe; Fauresmith Culture; weathered diabase.

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