Handaxe

Museum number:
9-5993
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1688
Description:
Small handaxe, quartzite
Donor:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Poondi, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Lateritic deposits
Collector:
Heywood W. Seton-Karr
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Quartzite
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
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 1 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 9-5993, described as Small handaxe, quartziteHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 9-5993, described as Small handaxe, quartzite
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 9-5993, described as Small handaxe, quartzite

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