Australian battle ax
| Australian battle ax | |
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| Weapon type: | Battle ax |
| Designations: | Was pick |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Australia , Aboriginal ethnic group |
| Distribution: | Australia, Northern Territory |
| Handle: | Wood |
| Particularities: | Blade made of stone |
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The Australian battle ax is a stone ax weapon of the Aborigines from Australia .
description
The Australian battle ax has a stone, pointed, wedge-shaped blade. The blade is made by chipping off stone fragments. The shaft of the ax is made of wood and is split from the end of the handle to the impact head and closed at the end of the impact head. The stone blade is clamped at the end of the hammer head, glued to the natural rubber of the Spinifex plant and fixed with a shank made of plant fibers.
The use of battle axes is rare among the Aborigines. They prefer more clubs like the Baggoro or the Kujerung . There are also wooden versions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stone ax from the Northern Territory in the Pitt Rivers Museum , inventory no. 1900.55.178 , accessed January 8, 2012.
literature
- BAL Cranstone : The Australian Aborigines. British Museum, London 1973, ISBN 0714115355 , p. 36
Web links
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