Stone tool, light yellow in colour with orange staining on dorsal surface. [MJD 19/02/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone tool, light yellow in colour with orange staining on dorsal surface. [MJD 19/02/2010]
Long description: Stone tool, light yellow in colour with orange staining on dorsal surface. The stone is pointed towards the dorsal edge. [MJD 19/02/2010]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Northern Cape Province Nooitgedacht
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Alexander Mcgreggor Memorial Museum, Kimberley; PRM source Maria Wilman
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925?, uncertain Archaeological period: Later Stone Age
Date collected: By 1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1925, uncertain Found unentered: 07/2002
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Height: max 10 mm, Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 67 mm, Weight 20 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.46.98
Research and responses: Following communication with David Morris at the Kimberley museum it seems that this collection may have been sent to Henry Balfour for his opinion on them, since a previous collection had been sent to him. These items bear Kimberley museum accession numbers and that museum holds data relating to their source sites etc. [CRFW 3/9/2002]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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