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1935.9.23

Stone scraper, brown in colour and rectangular shaped. [MJD 21/05/2010]

1935.9.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone scraper, brown in colour and rectangular shaped. [MJD 21/05/2010]
Long description
Stone scraper, brown in colour and rectangular shaped. The proximal edge has an abrupt retouch. The distal edge is retouched into a curve. [MJD 21/05/2010]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
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 Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Length: max 30 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Weight 6 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1935.9.23
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

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