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1925.46.290

Stone tool: handaxe. [LKG 08/03/2010]


1925.46.290

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool: handaxe. [LKG 08/03/2010]
Long description
Stone tool: handaxe. Made from a piece of grey stone which has patches of beige and light orange over its surface, particularly in its scar plains. The stone tapers towards its distal end, but hasn't a point. On one side there is a slim rectangular area at the distal end, which is dark grey/black in colour. [LKG 08/03/2010]
Geographical reference
Northern Cape Province Windsorton
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 75 mm, Length 102 mm, Weight 233 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.46.290
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, Weapon, Hand-axe