Accession No

1930.1535 A.2


Description

A pinkish tortoise point.


Place

Africa; East Africa; Somalia


Period


Source

Barrington Brown, Charles [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1930.1535 A.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Typed catalogue card: '2x 30.1535 (a) tortoise points. 1 is figured in Man.'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (Field collection)
Found: Al Hills & District
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (Related Documents)
See Doc.435 for 1931 Man article, 'Stone Implements from British Somaliland', and notes by Charles Barrington-Brown.
Event Date 1930
Author: Shelise Robertson


Description (Physical description)
Original catalogue card (1930.1535 a): 'a deeply white patinated example of a tortoise point; also another pinkish example'
Event Date 1930
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (References)
Burkitt, M.C. and Barrington Brown, C. 1931. 'Stone implements from British Somaliland'. Man, 164.
Event Date 1931
Author: Shelise Robertson


Context (References)
Clark, J. Desmond. 1954. The Prehistoric Cultures of the Horn of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. P. 333.
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson


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