Nice little trio. I am not an expert but I would agree about the Tiwi stick club. It does not look to us as an effective weapon, however if I was to fight somebody naked with a weapon like that I would definatley feel vunerable. The adze is very interesting. From your pictures the cutting edge and general finish does not look great but not all tools have to be the very best to do the job. Certainly west Papua. The paint is an imported oil based paint. Even the transition in Europe between bronze and iron age, stone tools were still in use. Is the pineapple stone hard or soft? One thing I am missing in my collection. You can see a slight relation to Indonesian motifs in the carving on the adze handle.
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