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Plank of wood that narrows at one end, and is bean-shaped at the other end. Geometric designs are carved on the surface.
Long wooden piece with eleven projections that angle inward and taper to a point. Central projection is small and rounded. Small flat knobs are found at each end of the piece.
A bundle originally wrapped in bark (part a) (now fragmented). Contains two river pebbles (parts b-c) rubbed with red ochre, a string of cassowary feathers about 42 cm. long (part d), a length of cotton cord, (part e) on which, there are threaded small fibre balls and at the end of which, there is a 3 cm. long strip of red cloth, one fossil (part f) and two pieces of obsidian (parts g-h).
A bundle wrapped in beaten bark cloth, bound with bark twine, and brown in colour. Contains one grooved and three rounded pebbles with some pieces of wild ginger packed in yellow marsupial fur.
A bundle wrapped in bark (part a), bound with roots (part b) and containing two stones (parts c-d). The bundle is roughly rectangular.
Objects strung on a bark cord. Objects include six pieces of animal skin with fur (including one animal leg) each approximately 12 cm. long and one carving of a head. The back of the carving is flat and the top is perforated for string. The carving is made of wood and is rubbed with red ochre. Has a hooked nose, no apparent mouth, and is incised with straight, and curved lines.
A smooth grey-green and brown stone that has an oblong rectangular shape with both sides slightly curving convexly, although one side is rougher while the other side is smoother and tapering at an angle, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.
A bundle wrapped in red trade cloth (part a), bound with rattan (part b), and containing a fossilized animal (reptile?) mandible (part c) covered with red ochre and wrapped with matted marsupial fur.
A headband, with a marquise shape, of several layers of beaten bark, on the outer surface of which have been sewn yellow-white nassa shells entirely covering the band except for a lozenge of exposed bark 1 cm. wide at the centre of the band. The pattern is a lozenge of eleven rows of shells around this centre. Nearly perpendicular to each side are twenty-five parallel rows of shells. There is another lozenge pattern at each end of the band and a double row of shells around the edge. Fragments of bark twine remain at each end.
A headband of several layers of beaten bark, on the outer surface of which, there have been sewn six parallel rows of white nassa shells on the longitudinal axis of the band covering it. The shells overlap slightly and face the centre of the band. At the centre, there is a transverse strip of bark 1.5 cm. wide on which there are no shells, but which is coated with red paint. The band is an elongated oval in shape. Fragments of bark twine remain tied to ends . Shells near ends of band are smaller and more yellow.