- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ostrich-egg shell bead of light beige colour with central perforation. [LKG 26/07/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Cape Province Frances Baard Sol Plaatjie Kimberley Rickett's Road Drift
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Later Stone Age Wilton
- Date collected
- By 1954
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Ostrich Eggshell Bird, Material Bead, Process Perforated, Process Ground
- Dimensions
- Diameter 4 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.7.11.13
Search terms: Bead
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