handaxe
- Museum number
- 1934,1214.74
- Description
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Handaxe made from dark brownish grey lava block. Pointed form with a regular, continuous edge. Biconvex cross section. with greatest thisckness near the middle of the piece. Tip carefully worked.
- Dimensions
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Length: 206 millimetres
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Weight: 956 grammes
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Thickness: 58 millimetres
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Width: 98 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2009 11 Dec-2010 10 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, Treasures of the World’s Cultures
2009 1 May-20 Sep, Victoria, Royal BC Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
Has mount.
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Acquisition notes
- Found during Leakey's first expedition to East Africa
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1934,1214.74
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1931-2617 number 74 (Leakey catalogue number)