Flint knife blade

Made:
10,000-2,000 BCE
Flint knife blade, probably palaeolithic, no provenance

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Flint knife blade, probably palaeolithic, no provenance
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Flint knife blade, probably palaeolithic, no provenance, 10000-2000BC

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A634803
Materials:
flint
Measurements:
length 92 mm
width 28 mm
height 12 mm
type:
knife

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