230 



Plate XV. 



Fig. 1. Knife and Hollow Scrapers, carefully worked. 

 Point developed by notch. A little more than natural size 

 Stuart Creek. See Type No. 9, p. 213. 



Fig. 2. A combination of Duck-bill and Hollow Scrapers. 

 The stone is a, light-coloured variety of Desert Sandstone, destitute 

 of desert colouring and patina. The under-side has been formed 

 by striking off a, single flake, leaving a flat surface. Upper-side 

 shaped by numerous chippings directed from a central ridge. 

 Edge very finely worked to a symmetrical outline. This is a 

 spatulate form of scraper which occurs as a Tasmanian type and 

 is represented in prehistoric stone implements in many parts of 

 the world. The specimen has a more modern appearance than 

 most of the tableland forms. A little more than natural size. 

 Stuart Creek. [Compare xn., .(a), fig. 23. For pygmy examples 

 see I., pi. 1.] 



Plate XVI. 



Lozenge-shaped Implement formed by the removal of a few 

 large flakes, and finished off by very fine chippings on the edge. 

 A notch has converted the remote angle into a well-defined point. 

 Natural size. Macumba. See Type No. 4, p. 212. 



Plate XVII. 

 A Hand Chopper formed by utilizing a thinnish shell that 

 exfoliated from a block of Desert Sandstone. The cutting edge is 

 limited to one side. A slight notch at the remote angle has 

 developed a low point. About three- fourths natural size. 

 Macumba. See Type No. 13, p. 214. 



Plate XVIII. 



A roughly-shaped Knife with cutting edges on two sides. 

 Chipped edge mostly on dorsal surface, but, in places, is improved 

 by chipping on the under-side. Highly coloured and glazed. 

 Slightly enlarged. Stuart Creek. See Type No. 2, p. 212. 

 [Compare xx., p. 13, fig. 6, figured as a "Levallois points de 

 lance."] 



Plate XIX. 



Roughly- executed Hand Chopper with cortical surfaces on 

 both sides. The chipping done to produce a cutting edge is 

 unusually large and has been carried out, alternately, on the 

 upper- and lower-surfaces so as to produce a wavy cutting edge, 

 which was evidently intentional. About three-fourths natural 

 size. Macumba. See Type No. 14, p. 214. [Compare v., fig. 31.] 



Plate XX. 



An Implement of the coup de poing, or "boucher," type, 

 with a flat ventral side instead of being biconvex. The proximal 

 end retains the cortical surface of the above, and is well formed 

 for gripping by the hand. Rather more than three-fourths natural 

 size. Macumba. See Type No. 15, p. 215. [Compare xxvn., 

 pi. 11, figs. 7a, 7fc.] 



Plate XXI. 



A Hand Chopper that bears a certain resemblance to the 

 Australian "tomahawk," but has been worked from a fragment 

 of Desert Sandstone. The cutting edge (the upper part in the 

 figure) is bevelled on both sides and is almost smooth, as though 

 having been ground. If it be a ground Implement its relation- 

 ship to the Australian tomahawk is self-evident. Slightly enlarged. 

 Stuart Creek. See Type No. 16, p. 215. 



