- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone scraper, grey in colour and flaring out from the proximal edge. [MJD 07/07/2010]
- Long description
- Stone scraper, grey in colour and flaring out from the proximal edge. The distal edge has a retouched curve. [MJD 07/07/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Cape Province Frances Baard Sol Plaatjie Alexandersfontein
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Middle Stone Age
- Date collected
- By 1945
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1945
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 8 mm, Length: max 38 mm, Width: max 16 mm, Weight 6 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.6.129.10 Other numbers: Excavators No A.1. Other PRM accession number: 1945.6.129j
- Research and responses
Kimberley city, capital of Northern Cape province, and main city of Griqualand West, an historical and contemporary region in Northern Cape province, South Africa. [Source:Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] [MR 10/8/2000]
Sluit: a channel, ditch, or gully, usually one formed by heavy rain and dry weather during the greater part of the year. [Source OED Online] [MR 10/8/2000]
1945.6.129.10
Stone scraper, grey in colour and flaring out from the proximal edge. [MJD 07/07/2010]
1945.6.129.10
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