. Across Australia . ft, nor the little bunch of feathers, are of any use,but they are interesting as showing that even primitivemankind has cravings after something which, according tohis ideas, shall be beautiful as well as useful. Amongst the stone-headed spears we met with threetypes in the camp, although only two of these are actuallymade by the Warramunga (Figs. 244-246). In one ofthem, by far the most common form, the head is made ofquartzite. It is, in fact, precisely similar to the flakedknife. In the second the quartzite is replaced by a chippedpiece of a slate rock. The third is one
. Across Australia . ft, nor the little bunch of feathers, are of any use,but they are interesting as showing that even primitivemankind has cravings after something which, according tohis ideas, shall be beautiful as well as useful. Amongst the stone-headed spears we met with threetypes in the camp, although only two of these are actuallymade by the Warramunga (Figs. 244-246). In one ofthem, by far the most common form, the head is made ofquartzite. It is, in fact, precisely similar to the flakedknife. In the second the quartzite is replaced by a chippedpiece of a slate rock. The third is one which is only manu-factured in the far north and north-west and is traded downas far south as the Kaitish and Unmatjera tribes. Thehead is made of a small lanceolate-shaped piece of opal-escent quartzite, which is very carefully chipped so as tohave a fine tapering point and serrated edge. This is by farthe most beautiful example of chipped implement met within the whole of Australia. Very often, at the present day,.
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