Blade

Museum number:
7-3749
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1027 / 9280 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1688 and Acc.892
Description:
Blade; quartzite or basalt backed; tip missing; (Magdalenian?)
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley), Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley), and University of California Library
Collection place:
Les Eyzies, Dordogne, Aquitaine
Collector:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection date:
August 1935
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Backed blades (stone tools) and Magdalenian (ca. 17,000–12,000 BP)
Accession date:
1946 and 1962
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #57: University of California, Davis (February 5, 1964–May 12, 1964), S1964-1965 #57: Amigos Anonymous/Phyllis Reid (March 2, 1965–March 3, 1965), S1965-1966 #35: San Mateo College/T. Curren (November 8, 1965–December 20, 1965), S1965-1966 #68: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 3, 1966–March 8, 1966), and S1966-1967 #74: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (February 22, 1967–February 28, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Blade, accession number 7-3749, described as Blade; quartzite or basalt backed; tip missing; (Magdalenian?)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Blade, accession number 7-3749, described as Blade; quartzite or basalt backed; tip missing; (Magdalenian?)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Blade, accession number 7-3749, described as Blade; quartzite or basalt backed; tip missing; (Magdalenian?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 7-3749, described as Blade; quartzite or basalt backed; tip missing; (Magdalenian?)

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