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World Museum of Man 2004

 

 

MOUSTERIAN - EUROPE

JASPER SCRAPER

HIGH POINTS REMOVED FOR COMFORT IN DOUBLE-HANDED GRIP

Ref #:  299

Type:  Two-Handed Mousterian Scraper

Material:  Fontmaure Jasper

Period:  Middle Paleolithic Period  80,000 - 40,000 years ago

Provenance:  Fontmaure, West Central France

Measurements:  19.4 cm x 12.5 cm