Bone tool fragment, possibly a spatula. The bone is tapered at one end, and the other end is worn and curved into a wedge-shape. [RH [OPS Move] 9/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bone tool fragment, possibly a spatula. The bone is tapered at one end, and the other end is worn and curved into a wedge-shape. [RH [OPS Move] 9/5/2017]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Cape Province Plettenberg Bay Robberg Peninsula Nelson Bay cave
Person: Field collector Raymond Robert Inskeep; PRM source Raymond Robert Inskeep
Date / Period: Date made: After 1350 BC Archaeological period: Later Stone Age
Date collected: 1964 - 1965
Acquisition information: Donated: 1989
Materials and processes: Material Animal Bone, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 138 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Depth: max 17 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1979.10.77
Associated publications: Inskeep, R.R. (1987) Nelson Bay Cave, Cape Province, South Africa: the Holocene Levels (Oxford). [AS 29/11/2010]