Red-painted plaster cast of ground and polished stone axe with groove for hafting.

Collection type: Object
Description: Red-painted plaster cast of ground and polished stone axe with groove for hafting.
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; New South Wales Central Darling Shire Wilcannia
Cultural groups: Barkindji
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Francis Howe Seymour Knowles
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1950
Date collected: By 1950
Acquisition information: Donated: 1950
Materials and processes: Material Plaster, Process Cast, Process Grooved, Process Painted, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions: Length: max 168 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1950.1.2
Research and responses: Gary Pappin, from the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area Elders Council in Australia, examined this object in October 2005 and, because of the geographical provenance, identified the cast as a copy of a stone tool from the cultural group Barkindji. [ZM 1/11/2005]

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