- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone tool. [LKG 19/02/2010]
- Long description
- Stone tool. Made from a piece of dark grey stone, the two longest sides of which taper to form a point at the distal end. [LKG 19/02/2010]
- Geographical reference
- 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
- Dimensions
- Width 23 mm, Length 68 mm, Weight 12 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1925.46.152
- 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
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