Stone scraper
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- Type
- Stone artefacts
- Materials
- Stone - non specific
- Collection
- Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection
- Accession number
- 1993.0047.0184
Description
A flat, rounded stone scraper with a concave inflection at one point and smooth edges. The stone bears a paper label with the text "Port Augusta South Australia" on one surface.
About the collection
The Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection comprises 260 Aboriginal artefacts including weapons, ornaments and stone implements. The Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection comprises a wide range of artefacts from all mainland states and the Northern Territory. Henry Krips was a symphony orchestra director and his work often took him and his wife Luise to Europe and Great Britain where they would purchase artefacts for their collection and bring them back to Australia.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:26:36 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2023-08-25. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.