- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ground stone hand-axe, ground on one edge only.
- Geographical reference
- Western Australia Pilbara Fortescue River
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1904
- Date collected
- By 1904
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1904
- Dimensions
- Length: max 140 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1904.1.1
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