Table 2: Stone Tool Use and Material Culture in Papua New Guinea: Items of Material Culture

select id, cat,item,type,rawmat,stonetool,modern,made,used from hardy_14_tab2 where lower(cat) = tools

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Where item is made with modern equivalent, this indicates that either a razor blade or steel knife was used.

More Category Item Type Raw Materials Made with stone tool? Made with modern equivalent Made by Used by
More Tools Stone axe Axe head Wood, rattan, fig leaves, stone     Men Men
More Tools Stone axe Socket Wood, rattan, fig leaves, stone y   Men Men
More Tools Stone axe Haft Wood, rattan, fig leaves, stone y   Men Men
More Tools Stone axe Binding Wood, rattan, fig leaves, stone y   Men Men
More Tools Steel axe haft Stone, wood y y Men Men
More Tools Knives Chert knife Chert y   Men mainly Women sometimes Men mainly Women sometimes
More Tools Knives Meat knife Bamboo y y Men Men
More Tools Knives Cassowary bone knife Bone y y Men Men
More Tools Scrapers Sweet potato scraper Bamboo y y Men and Women Men and Women
More Tools Scrapers Taro scraper Bamboo y y Men and Women Men and Women
More Tools Borer Borer Rat's jaw, bamboo, tulip fibre y y Men Men
More Tools Needles Wooden needle Tree fern(wood) y y Men mainly Women sometimes Men and Women
More Tools Needles Twine end needle Bamboo y y Men mainly Women sometimes Men and Women
More Tools Pin Pin Bamboo y y Men Men
More Tools Clubs and wedges Cleaver club Wood     Men Men
More Tools Clubs and wedges Cleaving wedges Wood     Men Men
More Tools Clubs and wedges Pig club Wood     Men Men
More Tools Clubs and wedges Taro club Wood   y Men Men and Women
More Tools Digging sticks Woman's digging stick Wood y   Men Women
More Tools Digging sticks Man's digging stick Wood y   Men Men
More Tools Digging sticks Cane grass digging stick Wood     Men Men
More Tools Animal tackle Pig tethers Bark, string y y Men Men and Women
More Tools Animal tackle Dog's hunting collar Pig scapula, rattan y y Men Men
More Tools Fishing net Fishing net Wood, netbag, plant stems     Women Women
More Tools Broom Broom Wood   y Men and Women Men and Women

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