Medium sized medium brown projectile point of good quality flint, unifacially flaked. [MLR 09/07/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Medium sized medium brown projectile point of good quality flint, unifacially flaked. [MLR 09/07/2010]
Long description: Medium sized medium brown projectile point of good quality flint, unifacially flaked. There is a large bulb of percussion on the ventral face. There is a band of black near the distal tip and large negative flake scars on the dorsal surface. There is scaled retouch on both lateral edges and the distal tip is quite sharp. The proximal edge shows no sign of hafting, and the right proximal margin shows a break and a small notch. The left proximal margin is rounded and quite thick with one retouch flake scar visible. [MLR 09/07/2010]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Orange River Matsap
Person: Field collector James Archibald Swan; PRM source James Archibald Swan
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Middle Stone Age
Date collected: By 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1937
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Retouched, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Length x Width x Height: max 51 x 25 x 9 mm proximal to distal, Weight 11 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1937.42.40

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