Out clubbing again...

LJ · 17th July 2014, 07:11 PM

My first thought was a woomera, because they often have a piece of flint fixed in the gum on the 'handle' end for use as a cutting tool.

But, looking through Edge Partington's 'Ethnographic Album of the Pacific Islands' I saw examples of another type of Australian artefact which this could be. They are often called swords, although I'm not sure if it is actually a misleading name (because I don't know if they were actually used as cutting weapons). Edge Partington illustrates examples that seem to have the gum on the handle.

Origin Western Desert ? Anyway, a good example, so congratulations !

17th July 2014, 07:11 PM	#3
LJ Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 93	My first thought was a woomera, because they often have a piece of flint fixed in the gum on the 'handle' end for use as a cutting tool. But, looking through Edge Partington's 'Ethnographic Album of the Pacific Islands' I saw examples of another type of Australian artefact which this could be. They are often called swords, although I'm not sure if it is actually a misleading name (because I don't know if they were actually used as cutting weapons). Edge Partington illustrates examples that seem to have the gum on the handle. Origin Western Desert ? Anyway, a good example, so congratulations !