Thumbnail scraper

Museum number:
5-6433
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006433
Accession number:
Acc.2369
Description:
Indurated shale “thumbnail” scraper; Smithfield Culture.
Donor:
John Desmond Clark
Collection place:
Power's Site, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
between Pneil and Nooitgedaeht
Culture or time period:
Smithfield
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Thumbnail scrapers (scraper types) and Thumbnail scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 3 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Thumbnail scraper, accession number 5-6433, described as Indurated shale “thumbnail” scraper; Smithfield Culture.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Thumbnail scraper, accession number 5-6433, described as Indurated shale “thumbnail” scraper; Smithfield Culture.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thumbnail scraper, accession number 5-6433, described as Indurated shale “thumbnail” scraper; Smithfield Culture.

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