IDNO

D.59084.GCLK

Description

Photomechanical reproduction of Illustrations of an assortment of artefacts including a flint axe head, small bone scoop, clay? sculpture of a woman and 2 x bone fishing hooks. [GB 11/07/2000]

The figurine on the bottom left is a woman carved in hippopotamus ivory excavated at el-Badari emetery, Upper Eygpt, and dates to around 5000 BC. The object is held at the British Museum, reference AES EA 59648. [JD 16/9/2009]

Place

N Africa; Europe British Isles; Egypt; United Kingdom; Nile Valley; England; London; British Museum

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Clark, Grahame

Date

Collection Name

Clark Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Print

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now numbered C177/1/. It was found in a drawer now numbered C177/ by the transcriber.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Europe”, but the print is annotated as being ‘Nile Valley’, and ‘British Museum’. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 16/9/2009]