Handaxe

Museum number:
5-3122
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003122
Alternate number:
963 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1688
Object count:
1
Description:
Quartzite handaxe, yellow.
Donor:
Paleontology (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mossel Bay, Cape province, Republic of South Africa
Collector:
Charles Lewis Camp, Frank Elmer Peabody, and University of California African Expedition
Materials:
Quartzite
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #30: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis) (dates unknown) and S1963-1964 #57: University of California, Davis (February 5, 1964–May 12, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3122, described as Quartzite handaxe, yellow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-3122, described as Quartzite handaxe, yellow.

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