Collection Record

Letter, 05/02/1938, F D McCarthy, Australia Museum to, Would you let me know if the hammer dressing technique has been used in shaping adzes. Came to Malay peninsula and South East Asia in early neolithic. It was employed on round axes not on qudrangulate types. I have spent 4 months excavating in Celebes with Dr P V von Stein and Dr R Willers. Examined material in Jarva Singapore and ?Psak as study of relationships between prehistory of indonesia, Malaya and Australia. Will send handbook of decorative Aboriginal art.