Blades

Museum number:
5-2025b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2105002025b
Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
Kenya Capsian tools; blade fragments
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
[Ledger: Tanganyika, Olduvai Gorge; land surface in base if Bed V and over Bed VA, at number 2 fault in bottom of Olduvai]
Culture or time period:
Capsian
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
September 1960
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 3.2 centimeters and length 4.1 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blades, accession number 5-2025b, described as Kenya Capsian tools; blade fragments
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blades, accession number 5-2025b, described as Kenya Capsian tools; blade fragments

Tools