General
General
Object Auto ID
45972
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_58554
Common Name
Painted Flake
Classified Name
Local Name
Painted Flake
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
Red Painted Flake from the Mount Tyndall 2.
Provenance
Mount Tyndall 2 located in the Eastern Cape
Description
Description
Material Types
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Distinguishing Features
Exported to RLAHA, Oxford under SAHRA permit no. 80/09/12/001/52 for paint analysis. Analyses undertaken: microscopic examination, cross-section, SEM on carbon sample stub and cross-section, raman on sample and cross-section, FTIR, GC/MS. Some paint removed from flake. Piece of flake removed for cross-section. Details of analysis in: Bonneau, A. 2010. Mount Tyndall 2 rock art pigments: analysis and dating. Unpublished report, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Cross-section housed with flake.
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Dimension Comments
56x42mm
History
History
Object Age
2018
Geological Period
Collector
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Site Association
Site Association
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Media
Media
Photos of objects for export_2.pdf (2.28 MB)
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