IDNO

P.99319.MAT

Description

"Hafted flake in use for shredding fibre."
“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 Mounted

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/.

Publication: Image published in Strathern M. 'Stone Axes and Flake Tools: Evaluations from Two New Guinea Highlands Societies'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 1970; 35:311-329., plate XIX, and captioned: "New Guinea Highlands: hafted flake in use for shredding fibre." [doi:10.1017/S0079497X00013505, JD 22/10/2024]

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