Unearthed Items (IMAGE)

Australian National University

Unearthed Items

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Items found in Panga ya Saidi cave. 1. A decorated bone 2. A broken bone arrow point 3. An awl made of tusk 4. An ochre crayon. 5-9. Ostrich egg shell beads, 10-13 are marine shell beads. Other items: miniaturized stone tools.

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Credit Francesco d'Errico and Africa Pitarch Marti.

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