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1937.42.77

Small medium brown crescent shaped scraper with a feathered cutting edge and a distal burin point. [MLR 16/07/2010]


1937.42.77

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Collection type
Object
Description
Small medium brown crescent shaped scraper with a feathered cutting edge and a distal burin point. [MLR 16/07/2010]
Long description
Small medium brown crescent shaped scraper with a left lateral feathered cutting edge and a distal burin point. There is partial abrupt retouch on the convex right lateral edge, a dorsal crest and a small bulb of percussion. [MLR 16/07/2010]
Geographical reference
Northern Cape Province Orange River Reads Drift
Person
Field collector James Archibald Swan
PRM source James Archibald Swan
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Later Stone Age
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1937
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Length x Width x Height: max 20 x 6 x 3 mm proximal to distal, Weight 1 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1937.42.77

Search terms: Tool, Flake, Burin, Scraper