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Axes (tools): GR.47k.1901

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Hand axe

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.031 m
Width: 0.034 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1901) by Bosanquet, R. C.

Materials used in production

Basalt

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.47k.1901
Primary reference Number: 67538
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 21 October 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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