Light grey-beige stone with straight proximal edge and one straight lateral side meeting at a right angle. [LKG 07/06/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Light grey-beige stone with straight proximal edge and one straight lateral side meeting at a right angle. [LKG 07/06/2010]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Eastern Cape Province near Sandflats Carnarvondale
Person: Field collector Penelope Ward; PRM source Penelope Ward; PRM source British Museum
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Later Stone Age Wilton, uncertain
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 04/1935 Found unentered: 29/07/2002
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Width 12 mm, Length 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.13.106.441

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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