Cleaver

Museum number:
5-2860
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002860
Alternate number:
V4889 (previous number (UC Paleontology Department))
Accession number:
Acc.1688
Description:
Chert cleaver (large thin flake); triangular
Donor:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Collector:
Charles Lewis Camp, Frank Elmer Peabody, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
May 1948
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cleavers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 111 millimeters and width 95 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cleaver, accession number 5-2860, described as Chert cleaver (large thin flake); triangular
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cleaver, accession number 5-2860, described as Chert cleaver (large thin flake); triangular

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