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Handaxe
Museum number:
5-7741
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007741
Accession number:
Acc.2468
Description:
handaxe; bifacial
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
surface
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Quartzite
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 15.8 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)
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Tools