Cleaver
87-39-952
From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
| 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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