Accession No

1937.547 A


Description

Hammer stone of quartzite or marble, with patches of red-brown staining across the surface. Globular shape.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Perak; Sungai Siput; Gua Ba'aik


Period

c. 2500 BC


Source

Noone, R. O. D. [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1937.547 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Quartzite; ?Marble


Local Term


Measurements

77mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Note in pencil on catalogue card reads: '?by H. D. Noone. not of this shelter but close by.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Related Documents)
Note attached to the back of the catalogue card reads: 'Gua Ba' aik Rock Shelter, Nr Sungei Siput, Perak State Malaya. The shells, pounderstone of quartz, The flaked piece of schist (knife) and two pieces of cord-marked pottery, were found in this shelter in association with some 7 or 8 adult skeletons, said to be of Melanesoid Strain. Date, according to Professor Van Stein Callenfels, about 2,500 B.C. Discovery made July 1936. R. O. D. N.'
Event Date 1936
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Collected from Gua Ba'aik Rock Shelter in July 1936.
Event Date 7/1936
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1937.547 A-D: 'A: Quartz pounding-stone.'
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Hammer stone of quartzite or marble, with patches of red-brown staining across the surface. Globular shape.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:29999

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