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SpearC1631

The shaft is peeled of all bark and one end appears to have been cut off. The other end has a rose coloured stone point with serrated edges, attached to the shaft with resin. The shaft and resin are coated with a brown pigment(?).

Culture
Australian
Material
stone, resin, wood and pigment ?
Made in
South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerC1611

Spear thrower with paddle-shaped handle that has grey resin on narrow base end and attaching a small stick at the tip. Handle design is geometric with zig-zagging bands composed of diagonal lines at stidk end and a triangle composed of diagonal lines below the zig-zagging bands; handle reverse has no design.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire StickC1633 a-b

Wood for part a and b has been peeled of all bark and shows traces of red. Part a is rounded smooth at both ends. One end of part b has seven circular notches.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentC1634 a-b

Part a and part b are brown sticks that have been flattened on two sides. Both ends of part a are roughly rounded. One end of part b is roughly rounded, the other end is cut off.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentC1635

The thick brown stick is roughly rounded at both ends.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC1557

A section of a branch roughly cut at both ends; no decoration

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC1558

A thin spiral groove begins at the bulbous end and runs the length of the plain handle.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlC1559

The shaft of the bone is thin and round, with seven bands made up of three lines. One end of the bone is pointed, while the other end is covered in black resin with a fibre securing the brown hair on top of the resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, hair, resin and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentC1638

The shaft shows two colours of wood, one yellow and one brown. One end of the shaft is rounded, the other is cut off with a thick, dark substance dried onto the wood.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Ooldea, South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1639

The handle shows a geometric pattern of triangles along a prominent centre rib, leading to four comb teeth.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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