Stone Tool - Ground Edge Axe

DESCRIPTION

TitleStone Tool - Ground Edge AxeObject TypeFirst NationsDescriptionThis ground edge axe was collected in the Illawarra between 1962 and 1968.

The axe head has a highly shaped and sharpened cutting edge.

Ground edge tools were made from fracture-resistant stone and were able to stand repeated impact. Stone was quarried or collected and roughly shaped with a hammerstone.

Edges were then sharpened and refined by grinding the tool against a rough surface. Deep grooves from this grinding action, can be found in sandstone outcrops along the Illawarra escarpment.

Axes were general implement tools, used mostly for working wood.
DonorCaputo, Joan

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Stone Tool - Ground Edge Axe