Accession No
1951.430.5
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
1951.430.5
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:282237
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