Equipment - Ethnograpgic Material, Axe blanks

Historical information

Axe blanks are pieces of stone that Aboriginal people chipped into a basic shape at stone quarries and sharpened by rubbing the edges over sandstone. Axe blanks were made by striking larke flakes of stone from rocky outcrops, then roughly sharpening them. The axes were often finished away fro the quarry.

Physical description

Three stone axe blanks

Subjects

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