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1920.92.44

Stone tool, dark grey, diamond shaped scraper, retouched left and right edges. [MJD 02/02/2010]

1920.92.44

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, dark grey, diamond shaped scraper, retouched left and right edges. [MJD 02/02/2010]
Long description
Stone tool, dark grey, diamond shaped scraper, retouched left and right edges. There is a small patch (<10%) of orange coloured ?cortex on dorsal surface. The ventral surface is concave and stained orange. [MJD 02/02/2010]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
North West Province Tiger Kloof
Cultural groups
Khoe-San
Person
Field collector Neville Jones
PRM source Neville Jones
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1919
Date collected
1919
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 64 mm, Width: max 32 mm, Thick: max 12 mm, Weight 27 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.92.44
Research and responses

Tiger Kloof is in North West Province, South Africa. "Tiger Kloof, originally a farm 10 kilometres south of Vryburg, is called Moeding in Tswana and it means 'the place of running water'." from http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2004/04092208451007.htm accessed 03/02/2010 [MJD 03/02/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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