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Object Number 39-70-60/6296
Display Title Small, possibly broken basalt borer?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone perforator or borer, discoidal body, projecting point
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Kapgal Hill
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Madras Presidency; Bellary District, Bellary Taluk, Bellary, Kapgal Hill
Materials Basalt
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm (1 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-70-60/6296

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