Stone flake, orange in colour, sub rectangular in shape. [MJD 26/02/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone flake, orange in colour, sub rectangular in shape. [MJD 26/02/2010]
Long description: Stone flake, orange in colour, sub rectangular in shape. The left and right edges are retouched. The distal edge is retouched at an angle. The proximal edge has an abrupt retouch. [MJD 26/02/2010]
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 8 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 48 mm, Weight 12 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.46.214
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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