Scraper

Museum number:
5-2744
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002744
Alternate number:
FEP 38-24 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1688
Description:
Chert (?) flake scraper, roughly triangular
Donor:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
FEP 38-24, Taungs Limeworks, North West Province
Verbatim coll. place:
FEP 38-24; surface campsite above quarry #2
Collector:
Charles Lewis Camp, Frank Elmer Peabody, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
September 7, 1947
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 4.2 centimeters and width 41 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scraper, accession number 5-2744, described as Chert (?) flake scraper, roughly triangularHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scraper, accession number 5-2744, described as Chert (?) flake scraper, roughly triangular
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 5-2744, described as Chert (?) flake scraper, roughly triangular

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