- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone flake, brown in colour and pointed towards one end. [MJD 09/03/2010]
- Long description
- Stone flake, brown in colour and pointed towards one end. The flake is thin with finely retouched edges. [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 30 mm, Height: max 2 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Weight 1 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1926.30.13.1
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