- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone tool; crescentic stone implement, broken into two pieces [.1-.2] [MJD 09/03/2010]
- Long description
- Stone tool; crescentic stone implement, broken into two pieces [.1-.2]. The stone is grey in colour. One edge is retouched into a curve. [MJD 09/03/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Eastern Cape Province near Alicedale
- Cultural groups
- Khoe-San
- Person
- Field collector Philip Stapleton
- Field collector John T. Hewitt
- Field collector H. Grocott
- PRM source Trustees of the Albany Museum
- PRM source John T. Hewitt
- PRM source Albany Museum
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Later Stone Age, uncertain Archaeological period: Later Stone Age Wilton, uncertain
- Date collected
- By 1926
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1926
- Dimensions
- Length: max 16 mm together, Width: max 5 mm together, Height: max 2 mm, Weight 1 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1926.30.6.1 Accession number: 1926.30.6.2
Search terms: Tool
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