Item X 97624 Ngupamurra | Axe, hafted. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Summary

This hafted stone axe is painted with natural pigments. The head is an edge ground stone set into a wooden handle with vegetable fibre and resin.

Local Name

Ngupamurra

Physical Description

A ground edge axe with split wood handle with pointed ends. Handle is hafted to axehead with resin and bound with bush string. Axehead is decorated with a background of white ochre and covered in red and yellow ochre dots. Red ochre coating over handle. MATERIAL: wood; resin; stone; sinew; ochre. TECHNIQUE: flaked; pecked; hafted; polished; painted.