Cleaver

87-39-952

From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 87-39-952
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Acheulian
Provenience France | Somme | Saint-Acheul
Period Middle Acheulian
Section European
Materials Stone
Description

Broad, oblique cutting edge. Made on nucleus and only slightly reworked along edges to form cleaver. Mottled yellow-brown patination. (VB 1937)

Flint, brown yellow flecked. Rudely oval. Found diluvium. (HNW 1933)

Length 15.5 cm
Width 8.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987
Other Number L-37-952 - Old Museum Number | 1138 - Other Number

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