Stone and Gum Working.

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FilmPublisher number: 6342109 | KanopyPublisher: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1971Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

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computer

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Summary: A man of the Western Desert collects gum from spinifex. His wife separates the gum from spinifex particles. He then melts the gum into a usable state. He then goes to a quartzite quarry and collects a large core; back at camp he knaps this to obtain a stone knife, a scraper for his spear-thrower, and a hand chopper. Using his spinifex gum he puts a gum handle on the knife and then sticks the scraper onto the handle of his spear-thrower, his previous scraper having fallen off. He then sharpens a spear using the scraper mounted on the handle of his spear-thrower. He re-sharpens the scraper by secondary flaking with a small pebble and also by biting the edge of the scraper with his teeth.

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Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1971.

A man of the Western Desert collects gum from spinifex. His wife separates the gum from spinifex particles. He then melts the gum into a usable state. He then goes to a quartzite quarry and collects a large core; back at camp he knaps this to obtain a stone knife, a scraper for his spear-thrower, and a hand chopper. Using his spinifex gum he puts a gum handle on the knife and then sticks the scraper onto the handle of his spear-thrower, his previous scraper having fallen off. He then sharpens a spear using the scraper mounted on the handle of his spear-thrower. He re-sharpens the scraper by secondary flaking with a small pebble and also by biting the edge of the scraper with his teeth.

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