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axe

human history
  • Kupu whakaahua

    hand axe, biface. The object is a stone tool with bifacial flaking and a ellipsoid cross-section. Middle Paleolithic. There is a natural void in the object and the surface is flaked. Label on the object: 'aix en offe (Aube) [Aix-en-Othe] Rouseau' refers to the location of discovery in France where similar artefacts from this period have been found.

  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1883
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    11110 (ethnology)

    1880 (temporary number)

  • Wāhanga
axe, 11110, 1880, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 12… … Read more

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