Bashing stone

Museum number:
5-1998
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Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
Polyhedral bashing stone; massive quartz. Pre-Chellean
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Site FLK I
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
September 1960
Materials:
Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 8 centimeters and width 7.6 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023) and S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bashing stone, accession number 5-1998, described as Polyhedral bashing stone; massive quartz. Pre-Chellean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bashing stone, accession number 5-1998, described as Polyhedral bashing stone; massive quartz. Pre-Chellean

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