Knife
This Australian stone knife has been set into a handle made out of gum to make it easier to use. When a piece of stone like this was first knocked off a larger rock almost all of its edges would be very sharp. Putting it into a handle would let its owner use it without being cut.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 24/1953/2
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Material
- stonegum
- Common Name
- knife
- Simple Name
- knife
- Production Country
- Australia
