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1947.2.442.4

Stone tool

1947.2.442.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Shore of Lake Elmenteita
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Later Stone Age
Date collected
29 April 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1947
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Obsidian Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 62 mm, Weight 11 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1947.2.442.4 Other numbers: 1932-93
Research and responses

This accession number has been previously typologised (see note written on bag) and includes 21 obsidian cores, 1 quartz core, 36 flakes, 20 scrapers, 5 bifacial points and 15 miscellaneous retouched pieces. [CBS 27/7/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Scraper, Flake

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