Chopper

Museum number:
5-2018
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Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
Pebble chopper; bifaced; massive quartz. Chellean III
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
from scree 25' up in Bed II
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
September 1960
Materials:
Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 4.9 centimeters and length 7.6 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 5-2018, described as Pebble chopper; bifaced; massive quartz. Chellean III
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 5-2018, described as Pebble chopper; bifaced; massive quartz. Chellean III

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