Hammer-stone with smooth surfaces. [MJD 31/05/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Hammer-stone with smooth surfaces. [MJD 31/05/2013]
Long description: Hammer-stone with smooth surfaces. The stone has a dark 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 Ground
Dimensions: Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1917.9.14
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]

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