Edge Ground Chipped Ax Blade
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
label: Collection Date
content: 30 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: 2 BLADES, BOTH OVATE, REFER TO PLATE 5B#4 AND MAPS P.236-7. SIZE: 3 1/2 &4". ONLY THE BIT IS POLISHED ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A CUTTING EDGE. FROM TRENCH A 112" FROM STAKE B-8, 88" FROM STAKE C-7, DEPTH 51" FROM B.M.1. THE MACASSAR/MAKASSAN WELL (FRESH WATER SPRING OR ARTESIAN WELL) IS SURROUNDED BY TAMARIND TREES (BROUGHT WITH THE INDONESIAN VISITORS WHO DROPPED THE SEED PODS AFTER EATING THEM). ALL ARTIFACTS FROM THIS SITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BIVALVE SHELLS AND ASH. ONE CULTURE PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT IN THE TRENCHES. (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A419648-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe