The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 20, 2022

Hand Axe

c. 120,000-30,000 BC

Egypt, Paleolithic Period

Black to dark-green-colored flint

Overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)

Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1915.42

Location

not on view

Provenance
El-Haraga
Citations
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: p. 121; Mentioned: p. 121
Exhibition history

1915.41 and 1915.42: CMA 1916, nos. 153, 152, p. 224

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.42