Stone axe

Museum number:
11-2097
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
axe, stone blade, wooden handle
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1961-1962 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 13, 1962–March 13, 1962), S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown), S1976-1977 #61: Citizens Savings (March 25, 1977–April 11, 1977), and S1981-1982 #6: Grey Advertising (August 3, 1981–August 12, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Stone axe, accession number 11-2097, described as axe, stone blade, wooden handleHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Stone axe, accession number 11-2097, described as axe, stone blade, wooden handleHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Stone axe, accession number 11-2097, described as axe, stone blade, wooden handle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stone axe, accession number 11-2097, described as axe, stone blade, wooden handle

Tools