Hand Axe
12587
From: France | Somme | Saint-Acheul
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 12587 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lower Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | France | Somme | Saint-Acheul |
| Period | Lower Acheulian (uncertain) |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Rude Implement Revised Card: Large, bright reddish shiny patination. Whole hand-axe shows effects of fire. Fractured by fire, at a later date, as base and on one face at point. |
| Length | 18 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry C. Mercer, 1893 |
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