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

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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 Finery and self decoration Ear decorations Knitted ear-ring Rattan, cassowary wing quills, bamboo, string, shell     Men and Women Men and Women
More Finery and self decoration Ear decorations Ear hair-pin Rattan, cassowary wing quills, bamboo, string, shell y y Men Women occasionally Men and Women
More Finery and self decoration Pierced ear and nose decoration Pierced ear and nose decoration Cassowary wing quill, sword grass stem     Men and Women Men and Women
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Job's tears necklace Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease     Women Women
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Cowrie shell necklace front mounted Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease   y Men and Women Men and Women
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Cowrie shell necklace side mounted Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease y   Men and Women Men
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Nassa shell necklace front mounted Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease     Men mainly Women sometimes Men mainly Women sometimes
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Nassa shell necklace side mounted Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease   y Men and Women Men and Women
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Shell disc necklace Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease   y Men and Women Men Women and Children
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Ark shell necklace Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease     Men Women and Children Children Men Women occasionally
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Bead necklace Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease     Women Men Women and Children
More Finery and self decoration Necklaces and pendants Pearl shell fragment necklace Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease y y Men and Women Men and Women
More Clothing and bags Bags Man's knotted-strap bag Fig bark and saplings, string, dye plants, screw pine leaves, bamboo     Women Men
More Clothing and bags Bags Man's narrow-strap bag Fig bark and saplings, string, dye plants, screw pine leaves, bamboo     Women Men
More Clothing and bags Bags Man's wide-strap bag Fig bark and saplings, string, dye plants, screw pine leaves, bamboo     Women Men
More Clothing and bags Head wear Woman's hat-bag String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark     Women Women
More Clothing and bags Head wear Woman's hood String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark     Women Women
More Clothing and bags Head wear In-law avoidance hood String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark     Women Women
More Clothing and bags Head wear Woman's net-cap String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark     Women Women
More Clothing and bags Head wear Man's net-cap String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark     Women Men
More Clothing and bags Head wear Fancy net-cap String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark     Women Men
More Clothing and bags Head wear Bark-cloth hat String, dye plants, screw pine leaves, job's tears, bamboo, bark y y Women Men
More Finery and self decoration Limb decoration Knitted wristband Rattan, vine tendrils, fig saplings, cowrie shells, nettle vines, bamboo, tigaso oil, string, screw pine leaves   y Women Men and Women
More Finery and self decoration Cosmetics Cosmetics Tigaso oil, pig grease, mineral oil, red ochre, screw pine oil, rust stains, arnatto shrub seed cases   y Men mainly Women occasionally Men mainly Women occasionally
More Finery and self decoration Cicatrices and tattoos Cicatrices Charcoal, ear wax, nettles, sap, string, pith     Women Women


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