. Across Australia . emaking of ground axes has completely ceased in this the more northern tribes, such as the Warramunga,they are still made, but it will not be many years beforethey disappear. We witnessed the complete operation on severaloccasions. In each case a large, rounded, diorite pebblewas used. First of all it was roughly chipped, by meansof a small lump of hard quartzite, to approximately thedesired size and shape, as shown in Fig. 208, whichrepresents one of the actual axes made by the Warramunganative, at this particular stage of its manufacture. Thisprocess only occu
. Across Australia . emaking of ground axes has completely ceased in this the more northern tribes, such as the Warramunga,they are still made, but it will not be many years beforethey disappear. We witnessed the complete operation on severaloccasions. In each case a large, rounded, diorite pebblewas used. First of all it was roughly chipped, by meansof a small lump of hard quartzite, to approximately thedesired size and shape, as shown in Fig. 208, whichrepresents one of the actual axes made by the Warramunganative, at this particular stage of its manufacture. Thisprocess only occupied a short time, but, though it lookedsimple enough, it required considerable care, as a mistakein the cutting off of a flake might easily result in theremoval of a part of the surface which was intended toform the cutting edge, whilst too hard a hit with thequartzite might break the stone in two. Unless theoperator is an adept at the work he is likely to spoilmany pebbles before he is successful in manufacturing a.
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