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Pitt Rivers Museum

1930.20.17

Stone tool, brown in colour with one straight wedged edge and one curved. Broadest and deepest across the middle. [LKG 11/05/2010]


1930.20.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, brown in colour with one straight wedged edge and one curved. Broadest and deepest across the middle. [LKG 11/05/2010]
Geographical reference
Northern Cape Province Griqualand West Pniel
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Early Stone Age Acheulian, uncertain
Date collected
1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length 188 mm, Width 105 mm, Weight 1097 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.20.17

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Hand-axe