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1935.9.13

Stone scraper, orange in colour and oval shaped. [MJD 21/05/2010]


1935.9.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone scraper, orange in colour and oval shaped. [MJD 21/05/2010]
Geographical reference
Eastern Cape Province near Sandflats
Person
Field collector Penelope Ward
PRM source Penelope Ward
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Later Stone Age Wilton
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1935
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 18 mm, Thick: max 7 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Weight 1 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1935.9.13
Research and responses

P. Mitchell as part of the Swan Fund project, summer 2002, suggests that these may not all be end-scrapers. Some would definitely be described as side-scrapers. [CRFW 16/9/2002]

Search terms: Tool, Scraper, Flake