2004.142.7

Collection type

Object

Description

Spherical stone weight for a digging stick. The perforation is not finished on this weight.

Geographical reference

South Africa

Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa

Eastern Cape Aberdeen Schiet Fontein

Cultural groups

Khoe-San

Person

Field collector Edward John Dunn

PRM source Edward John Dunn

Date

Date collected

Before 1936

Acquisition information

Donated: 1936 Found unentered: 2004

Materials and processes

Material Sandstone Stone, Process Perforated

Dimensions

Diameter: max 130 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2004.142.7 Other numbers: B7 [Dunn] 471 [Dunn] 1938.37.70 1940.10.19

Research and responses

Related Documents File - Copy of MPhil Thesis by William Ellerby 'Forgotten but not Lost: a critical analysis of the life and work of E.J. Dunn' [LP 18/5/2004]

Associated publications

Related Documents File - A photocopy of 'Colonial and Indian Exhibition: London 1886. CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITS OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.' There is an original copy of this in the Bodleian. This catalogue contains a detailed list of the Dunn Collection of stone tools and pottery. The objects are listed by type, with their provenance and cultural group listed. The objects are catalogued in this exhibition by letter/number combination [A1; B26; J42] etc, which refers to the labels that are still on many of the objects in the Dunn Collection. When a label was found on an object I have listed it in the 'Other numbers' field as well as in the Notes field as 'Pre-PRM label'. Some of the labels have fallen off or are illegible. [LP 10/6/2004]

Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Food and Fuel Gathering, Weight, Digging Stick, Agricultural Tool