- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flake of black stone, tapering towards the distal edge. [MJD 06/07/2010]
- Long description
- Flake of black stone, tapering towards the distal edge. The flake is retouched along the left and right edges. [MJD 06/07/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Cape Province Frances Baard Dikgatlong Boetsap
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Later Stone Age Wilton
- Date collected
- By 1945
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1945
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 4 mm, Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 25 mm, Weight 1 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.3.18.8
- Research and responses
Kimberley city, capital of Northern Cape province, and main city of Griqualand West, an historical and contemporary region in Northern Cape province, South Africa. Wilton, is a typical microlithic assemblage, developed during post-Pleistocene times. [Source Encyclopaedia Britannica] [MR 31/7/2000]
1945.3.18.8
Flake of black stone, tapering towards the distal edge. [MJD 06/07/2010]
1945.3.18.8
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