Drill with fine point, used for drilling ostrich egg shell beads.

Collection type: Object
Description: Drill with fine point, used for drilling ostrich egg shell beads.
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Western Cape Cape Flats
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 Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Length: max 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2004.142.1142 Other numbers: 1938.37.161 1940.10.16
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]
Pitt Rivers Museum display label - S. AFRICA, (Bushman). Drills used in the manufacture of Ostrich egg-shell beads. d.d. E.J. Dunn, 1936 [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 24/5/2005]
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: Tool, Borer, Drill

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