Accession No

1951.430.3


Description

Chert handaxe.


Place

Africa; Somalia; Jalelo


Period

Middle Palaeolithic Lower Palaeolithic


Source

Sedgwick Museum [donor]; Seton-Karr, H. W. [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.430.3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Chert


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: All from Jalelo, 80 miles south of Berbera
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card (typed): '6 quartzite and chert handaxes (probably all surface finds)'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Labels & Markings)
Each object has an attached label which reads: 'Somaliland. Pres. by H.W. Seton-Karr, ESQ.'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (Other owners)
Catalogue card (original): 'collected by H.W. Seton-Karr and presented to the Sedgwick Museum'
Event Date 1951
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (References)
Clark, J. Desmond. 1954. The Prehistoric Cultures of the Horn of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.22ff.
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Physical description)
Quartzite and chert handaxes.
Event Date 4/12/2018
Author: Shelise Robertson


FM:282235

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