General
General
Object Auto ID
45976
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_58558
Common Name
Painted Flake
Classified Name
painted flake
Local Name
Painted Flake
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

A flake from Mount Tyndall 2 collected in surface deposit. Hands painted in black.

Provenance

Surface collection from Mount Tyndall 2, Eastern Cape 

Owner
Rock Art Research Institute
Description
Material Types
Stone/Earth
Technique Types
Painting
Colours
Black Paint
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 cross-section, raman on cross-section, FTIR. 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 Unpublished report, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford.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.Hands painted in black.

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
52x20mm
History
Object Age
2018
Geological Period
Holocene
Collector
David Pearce
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
Site Reference
Mount Tyndall 2
x y z
Media
Photos of objects for export_6.pdf (2.28 MB)
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