Blade; gray stone, streaked; some polishing on both sides; length 20 cm. Used as an axe blade for felling trees. Side edges also show use as a hammerstone. Native name: utuviya (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski and Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
1914-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hammerstones
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits