- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone tool, pointed ovate, grey in colour with orange staining. [MJD 28/04/2010]
- Long description
- Stone tool, pointed ovate, grey in colour with orange staining. The stone is worked towards a point. The surfaces are flaked. [MJD 28/04/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Cape Province Barkly West
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Early Stone Age
- Date collected
- By 1928
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1928
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 25 mm, Length: max 123 mm, Width: max 75 mm, Weight 262 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.31.2
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