Wooden stick with pointed handle and saw blade made from flint stones set in to gum

Made:: 1870-1920

Wooden stick with pointed handle and saw blade made from flint
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Wooden stick with pointed handle and saw blade made from flint stones set in to gum, possibly ceremonial, from West Australia, 1870-1920

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A166541

Materials:: wood, resin and stone

Measurements:: length 480 mm
max.: width 20 mm
shaft: diameter 11 mm

type:: saws

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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