Blade
EU624
From: France | Dordogne | La Madeleine
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU624 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Magdalenian |
| Provenience | France | Dordogne | La Madeleine |
| Period | Magdalenian |
| Date Made | 15000-10000 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement (burin) - One of "four flakes . . . the more perfect specimens are blades (long with sides parallel) " Smith. See EU577. France, Dordogne, Le Madeleine. Revised Card: Flint blade - One of "four flakes...the more perfect specimens are blades(long with sides parallel)" (R. A. Smith of British Museum). See EU 577. Fractured. Quadrangular in section. Gray-brown patination. Cortex on one side. #18. France, Dordogne, Le Madeleine. Magdalenian. |
| Length | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the British Museum, 1919 |
| Other Number | 18 - Other Number |
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