Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card E 1904.159 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'E. Australia. New South Wales [circled in pencil and crossed out with blue ballpoint]./ Arunta tribe/ 1904.159./ Axe.'; 'D. R. H. Marten, M. D. R.1904.953.'

[later addition handwritten in black ink:] 'Central' and 'Stone, helved, has been fixed with native gum cement, now broken away. Axe ground; handle grooved & raddled.'

[Later addition handwritten in pencil:] 'The Arunta are not in New South Wales' and '(Typically Central workmanship) Mj'.

[Later addition handwritten in black ink:] 'plano-convex [helved shape]' and 'some [broken away cement]' and 'reddish [handle]' and 'Handle is wood bent round axe, i.e. doubled +tied w. string. Reddish patch on stone'.

[Later addition handwritten in blue ballpoint:] The 4 in Annual Report reference 1904.953 has been overwritten with a 5. The correct Annual Report number is 1905.953. Red circular sticker lower right corner of catalogue card.
Event Date 1904
Author: maa

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The 20th annual report (1905) reads, '953. An axe, with heavy stone head, set in a with a handle'.
Event Date 4/5/1905
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Axe of stone, helved, has been fixed with native gum cement, now broken away. Axe ground; handle grooved & raddled. Plano-convex [helved shape] and some broken away cement. Reddish handle of wood bent round axe, i.e. doubled and tied with string. Reddish patch on stone.

Event Date 13/8/2013
Author: maa