Tool Item Number: 3543/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Long dark red-grey stone tool. The tool is slightly oval in cross-section and ends in a dull point at one end; the other end is flat and circular. Oval-like cross-section expands at midpoint of body. The stone itself is dark grey, but every indentation or pitted hole is packed with red earth or pigment, giving it an overall red appearance.
Donor believes it was possibly a digging tool or for harvesting sago palm.
Collected on New Britain in 1945 by an Australian missionary, Rev. Flentje. The donor purchased it between 1963-1966, while living in Australia.