- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone tool, pointed oval shaped with retouched edges. [MJD 12/04/2010]
- Long description
- Stone tool, pointed oval shaped with retouched edges. The stone is brown in colour. [MJD 12/04/2010]
- Geographical reference
- KwaZulu-Natal Province Pietermaritzburg
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1927
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1927
- Dimensions
- Height: max 15 mm, Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 74 mm, Weight 50 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1927.34.37
- Research and responses
Said by P.Mitchell to be Hornfels, not Quartzite during Swan Fund project during summer 2002. [CRFW 16/9/2002]
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