Scraper

Museum number:
5-7752
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007752
Alternate number:
HWK II (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2468
Object count:
2
Count note:
as per 2014 inventory
Description:
composite tool; casual endscraper plus notched piece; cortex on one edge
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
surface; HWK II
Culture or time period:
Oldowan
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Chert
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
End scrapers (scraper types) and End scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 3.3 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023) and S2023-2024 #1: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scraper, accession number 5-7752, described as composite tool; casual endscraper plus notched piece; cortex on one edgeHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scraper, accession number 5-7752, described as composite tool; casual endscraper plus notched piece; cortex on one edge
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 5-7752, described as composite tool; casual endscraper plus notched piece; cortex on one edge

Tools