![]() Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1920 -
Description: Small tomahawk with mild steel blade and short wooden handle. Used to cut the legs off harvested mutton-birds, a job that was usually done by the younger family members. On Flinders Island school holidays were once timed to coincide with the mutton-bird season. One of the original artefacts in the replica mutton-bird processing shed. Format: realia Object: hatchets Material: mild steel; wood (material) Titles: Mutton-birding Tomahawk Subjects: hatchets; mutton-birds People/Orgs: Willis, Frank and Heather Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00504 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |