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Object Number 2004.29.12870
Display Title Collection of flaked stone tools
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Theseare Quartzite implements of the wedge or chisel type / Size: B 4 = 4 1/2 in B 7 = 5 1/2 C 4 = 2 1/4 / Locality - Coast Caves - Morsel Bay - C. Colony. / Gift of Geo Leith"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1920
Culture
  • prehistoric Sub-Saharan African periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 13.97 cm (4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by George Leith

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