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1917.9.15.42

Stone tool, flake. [MJD 31/05/2013]

1917.9.15.42

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, flake. [MJD 31/05/2013]
Long description
Stone tool, flake. The flake is pointed. The stone has a mid grey colour. [MJD 31/05/2013]
Geographical reference
Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
Victoria Melbourne Keilor Maribyrnong River [formerly Salt Water River, Saltwater River]
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date
Date collected
1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 4 mm, Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 22 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.9.15.42
Research and responses

In his notebook/diary entry for Monday 17 August 1914, Balfour writes: ‘Thence motored to Keilor, also Salt Water River, farm-land, where Mr J. Wallace gave us some good implements + we found others.’ See: University of Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum; Manuscript Collections; Balfour Papers; Box 1; item 7 (Diary of 1914 visit to B.A.A.S. (British Association for the Advancement of Science) meeting in Sydney, Australia; Notebook 1 (London–Sydney). [JC 17 4 2013]

Search terms: Tool, Flake, Debitage

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