- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone tool; brown flake, suboval in shape. [MJD 01/02/2010]
- Long description
- Stone tool; brown flake, suboval in shape. The distal edge has been removed. Two distinctive arrises on the dorsal surface. [MJD 01/02/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Eastern Cape Province near East London West of Buffalo River
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Early Stone Age, uncertain
- Date collected
- August 1910
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1910
- Materials and processes
- Material Diabase Stone, Process Flaked
- Dimensions
- Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 82 mm, Weight 66 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1910.36.37.8
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