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Federation University Historical CollectionEthnographic Material, Aboriginal Knapping Tools
... Aboriginal Knapping Tools...knapping tools...Knapping tools are used as for chipping away stone...Aboriginal knapping tools.... Knapping tools are used as for chipping away stone. Knapping ...Knapping tools are used as for chipping away stone. Knapping is a fracture by striking the stone to be worked with or against another stone, or by use of a punch, thus purposely shaping the stone being worked or obtained desired flakes or fragmments. Aboriginal knapping tools.aboriginal, stone, tool, knapping tools -
Mont De LanceyTool - Hammer, unknown
... -and-dandenong-ranges Possibly a type of knapping hammer to break stones ...Possibly a type of knapping hammer to break stonesA wooden handled hammer with a turned steel forged head and pointed end, possibly a knapping hammer.tools, steel, hammers, striking tools -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Tool - INDIGENOUS STONE TOOL COLLECTION: DARK GREY STONE AXE HEAD
Dark grey to black stone axe head. Finely shaped and smoothed with knapped edge on longer end. Sides are beveled off. This axe is markedly different to other artefacts in this collection. No provenance but was in a collection of stone tools found in the Axedale, Strathfieldsaye and Loddon regions. Further research required, could be Mt. William greenstone.indigenous artifact, victoria, stone axe
