Handaxe

Museum number:
5-3412
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BW799 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1805
Description:
Acheulian hand-axe; white flint.
Donor:
Natural History Museum (London)
Collection place:
Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Kharga Oasis; Mound Spring
Culture or time period:
Acheulean
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Acheulean (ca. 1,760,000–130,000 BP) and Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.6 centimeters and length 15.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3412, described as Acheulian hand-axe; white flint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3412, described as Acheulian hand-axe; white flint.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3412, described as Acheulian hand-axe; white flint.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3412, described as Acheulian hand-axe; white flint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3412, described as Acheulian hand-axe; white flint.

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