Handaxe

Museum number:
5-8016
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Accession number:
Acc.2516
Description:
handaxe; bifacial; truncated at narrow end;L 15.7cm
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Aderg, Adrar region, Mauritania
Verbatim coll. place:
surface material from vast interdune deflation hollows below the gigantic mesa of Aderg
Culture or time period:
Acheulean
Collector:
Glynn Llywelyn Isaac and John Desmond Clark
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 15.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-8016, described as handaxe; bifacial; truncated at narrow end;L 15.7cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-8016, described as handaxe; bifacial; truncated at narrow end;L 15.7cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-8016, described as handaxe; bifacial; truncated at narrow end;L 15.7cm

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