Blade

Museum number:
5-3605
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1811
Description:
Microlith; quartz backed blade (lunate)
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nsongezi, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Uganda; Nsongezi; superficial Black Earth; 30' gravel pit terrace
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
February 1963
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Backed blades (stone tools), Microliths (stone tools), and Microliths (tool components)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 2 centimeters and width 1 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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 5-3605, described as Microlith; quartz backed blade (lunate)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 5-3605, described as Microlith; quartz backed blade (lunate)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 5-3605, described as Microlith; quartz backed blade (lunate)

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