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SpearC1574

Plain, long, brown wood piece with a narrow linear leaf-shaped point with a long tip and a slim shaft that bulges around the near the lower portion. The other end is thicker (where it is bulging) and is pointed as well.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1581

Long thin hardwood point set into cane shaft. A plain shaft of ten cane joints with the last one at the base of the point wrapped with stem ? to hold the point. The long dark point is plain. The end of the shaft is wrapped with fibre in a wide round bundle.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1580

Plain, long, brown wood piece with a flat linear leaf-shaped point with a long tip and a slim shaft that bulges around the near the lower portion. The other end is thicker (where it is bulging) and is pointed as well.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1575

Bone barbs set onto three prongs. The end of the shaft is plain and wrapped with white string and has a coiled wire loop with a nail bent through it. Near to this, the shaft is painted red and then becomes dark brown-black where it is wrapped with fibre at the base which is also painted red. The base of each of the three prongs is plain and then has a section painted red. Each bone barb is wrapped with fibre under which, there is a tiny barb.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, plant fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1573

Slim tapering dark red-brown shaft with a small cone-shaped point.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1568

Long hardwood point set into softwood shaft. The shaft is painted in sections of white, red, and black from bottom to top and appears to have had some coiling around the lower white area. The end of the shaft has a bit of coiling fibre. The base of the shaft is wrapped with fibre. The long dark red-brown point is plain.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, fibre and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1564

Long barbless hardwood point lashed to a cane shaft. A plain shaft of ten cane joints with the last one at the base of the point wrapped with stem ? to hold the point. The long dark point is plain.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stem ? and plant fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SeedC1650

The seeds are small, hard, brown and lima-bean shaped.

Culture
Australian
Material
baobab seed
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1632

The wooden shaft is peeled of all bark and one end appears to have been cut off. The other end originally held a white stone point, which is now missing. The point was attached to the shaft with resin, part of which remains there. The shaft and resin are coated with an ochre-like pigment.

Culture
Australian
Material
resin, wood and pigment
Made in
South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentC1637 a-b

Part a and b are thick brown sticks. Part a is rounded at one end and has rough edges on the other. Both ends of part b have been thinned and rounded.

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