Flake

Museum number:
5-2429
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1656
Description:
Milk quartz flake. Probably from a larger tool. 34mm x 18 mm.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Makumbe Cave, Zimbabwe
Verbatim coll. place:
South Rodhesia, Salisbury, near Mtoko, Makumbe Cave
Culture or time period:
Wilton
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1962
Materials:
Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
bagged with 5-2428 and 5-2430.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 5-2429, described as Milk quartz flake. Probably from a larger tool. 34mm x 18 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 5-2429, described as Milk quartz flake. Probably from a larger tool. 34mm x 18 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 5-2429, described as Milk quartz flake. Probably from a larger tool. 34mm x 18 mm.

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