Oyster Pick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1948
name: label: Collector
content: Frederick D. McCarthy
label: Collector
content: Frank M. Setzler
label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
label: Site Name
content: Macassar Well
notes: label: Notes
content: CHIPPED AND BIFACIALLY GROUND, FLATTENED OVAL IN TRANSVERSE SECTION WITH ANVIL PIT IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH SURFACES, PICK IS FORMED BY FLAKING AWAY OUTER 3RD PORTION ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUTT OR BLADE END, LEAVING MIDDLE PORTION. MADE OF GREEN DELORITE- BIFACIAL COROID EDGE GROUND AXE TRANSFORMED INTO AN OYSTER PICK. SIMILAR TO # 419649. SIZE: 4 1/8X2 7/8". (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 215944
label: USNM Number
content: A419650-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper