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Mystery Object

01/09/2016 By Barry Craig

By Barry Craig

This mystery object has been donated to the South Australian Museum. The donor obtained it at a bric-a-brac shop so knew nothing about its provenance.

Mystery Object

It is 41 cm long, the handle is a heavy hardwood 5 cm diameter, the diorite stone is socketed into the handle and is not an axe head, but blunt, as for a club or pounder. There is a bird carved at the proximal end. The binding is a weathered two-ply sennit cord.

I’ve circulated the image to many colleagues and no-one has been able to identify it. Please contact me if you can throw light on this interesting object:

[email protected]

Filed Under: Mystery Object, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

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