IDNO

P.99261.MAT

Description

“Hafted flake. Smoothing edge of conus shell. (Wdn’t [Would’nt] normally be done like this -
boy didn’t want to take his necklace off.)”
“WIRU 1967. Small jobs: smoothing, scraping. smoothing edges of shells.
(In the case of the shell examples, flakes are as [?rough] used in this way.)”

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Southern Highlands

Cultural Affliation

Wiru

Named Person

Photographer

Strathern, Marilyn

Collector / Expedition

Date

1967

Collection Name

Museum Archives Transfer

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99186 to P.99320 were formerly kept in paper archive envelope OA2/10/11; Box 300. The prints have now been transferred to the photo archive. P.99242 to P.99266 were in the envelope now numbered C531/7/.

Bibliographical Reference: Strathern M. Stone Axes and Flake Tools: Evaluations from Two New Guinea Highlands Societies. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 1970;35:311-329. [doi:10.1017/S0079497X00013505, JD 22/10/2024]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund.