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Wooden steering canoe. Single piece of wood. Carved bird forn on top of rounded shaft flattening out to form paddle end. Lance-olate shaped paddle tapers to thin pointed tip. Carving on either side of paddle where shafe melds into paddle head. Signed on paddle head.
Apron composed of woven fibre with two neck straps that have brown tufts of fur at the ends, and a fringe composed of strips of woven fibre with brown fur and longer brown and black hair attached at the ends as well as chains of braided rings made of bamboo strips(?) and brown grass(?). There are tufts of reddish-brown fur at the top of each chain, and the apron is decorated with red, blue and white pigment.
Large, wood, rectangular shaped shield with rounded corners. The surface is painted with the union jack flag. The underside is concaved and has a fibre handle consisting of many pieces of braided rope wrapped together with a piece of cotton fabric. Along one of the sides is an electrical cord, cut and tied into a knot at either end. Adhered to one of the corners is a flattened red and yellow tin can that reads: ‘Globe, Drippings, Product of Australia’. Covering almost half of the back is a nailed, large piece of metal. There are large cracks through the shield that have been repaired with adhesive, metal ties that protrude from the surface.
Fighting shield with a convex ovoid shape with painted geometric designs in white, black and red emphasized with bands of indented dots. Three holes pierce through the shield near the centre.
Conical shape, woven container with small flat, oval shaped bottom, a bamboo rim and a chevron pattern on the sides. There is a circular fibre tie on the side.
Conical shaped, horn container wrapped in a piece of fibre cloth then tied together with tightly wrapped thin pieces of root. The container has been covered in oil and is burnt on one end. There is a fibre, looped handle on the side.
Plant fibre rattle with a rounded triangular base that tapers to join a cylindrical shaped body that ends in an oval shaped loop handle. The body and handle are overlaid with thin layers of wrapped plant fibre which is decorated with a black pigment. The base has two pieces of boar tusk inside.
Wooden hoe with a short cylindrical, branch handle lashed with fibre twine to a large rectangular shaped, flat blade. There is a large indentation near the back of the blade where it is lashed.
Pick made with a wooden, cylindrical shaped handle that tapers to a pointed end. The pick is a large, cylindrical shaped bone that is incised with a band of triangular designs. The end has been carved into a point. The two pieces are attached together by tightly woven thin strips of fibre.
Dark brown enclosed container of plant leaves encasing mineral salt, and tied at top. Salt crystals appear on exterior.