- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pounding-stone signs of use. Elongated cone shape with a flat base and rounded tip. [LKG 18/05/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Cape Province Griqualand West Douglas
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1930
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1930
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Length 159 mm, Diameter: max 57 mm, Weight 644 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1930.28.3
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