IDNO

P.99303.MAT

Description

“Unhafted flake. axe-shaft. (cp. steel head of axe.) Shafts may be smoothed down after head mounted as well as before.”
“WIRU 1967. Planing and scraping wood. Flakes are still used today for planing down axe-hafts (will take the European handle off steel axes and make their own). In part wd. [would] also be used for spear shafts etc.”

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.99286 to P.99320 were in the envelope now numbered C531/10/.

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.