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Seated, part bird and part human figure with beak turned to side and pointing up. Legs are bent to the figure's left. One wing touches foot on one side, the other is down at the side and curves around to centre back. Both taper towards the end from rounded shoulders. The bird's head tapers to the end of its beak, and the oval eyes on sides have remnants of brown pigment (?). A row of characters are inscribed on the bottom. The stone has darker and lighter flecks of green.
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).
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 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 hornbill beak, predominantly light yellow with a little dark brown and red. There are five heavy ridges on the top surface where it joins the bird's head.
Set of cylindrical gambling sticks with knobs on each end. (a) has three evenly spaced red lines around the circumference, at centre, crossed by a dark stain and three dark spots on one side. (b) has three evenly spaced thin black lines at centre and spots to one side. (c) has three evenly spaced red lines, a black line at one side and several spots at opposite end. One spot towards lines side. (d) has a black, red, then black line towards one end. (e) has three closely spaced thin black lines to one side; dark stains on this end. (f) has four red lines near centre; (g) has three black lines at centre with a black and a red shadow-like stains diagonally across centre; (h) has three faint red lines, evenly spaced at centre; (i) is stained red on one end with a black line towards centre and a shadowy black stain diagonally around centre. (j) has three red line near centre, a fourth red line near red stained end. Two white paint spots at this end. (k) has three red lines evenly spaced at centre and two black lines to one side. Stains near centre and white paint spots to one end. (l) has five spaced lines from centre, the outer two are thicker. (m) is undecorated.
An arrow shaft, 82 cm. long, made of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. The foreshaft of black palm wood, 41 cm. long, has an incised design. At the point of insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven split rattan 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is inserted into a hollow lanceolate bone point 10 cm. long with a sleeve of woven split rattan 1.5 cm. wide at the point of insertion. The point is rubbed with grey clay. The foreshaft is rubbed with grey clay and red ochre.
An arrow shaft made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with a black coating. The fore-shaft of black palm wood is round in cross section and narrower at the point end. This has been incised with deep longitudinal and short transverse lines. The insertion into the shaft has been secured with a sleeve of woven rattan. Sleeves and fore-shaft are coated with red ochre.
A plume cluster of black cassowary feathers, approximately 27 cm. long, bound to a piece of rattan cane, 36 cm. long (to the binding) with a band of bark cord, 9 cm. wide. The band is coated with yellow ochre. Two small pink feathers are attached to the end of the plume.
An arrow shaft, 62.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit or sword grass. The shaft has black coating. The round foreshaft of black palm wood is 25.5 cm.long between bindings. Bound at the insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 5.5 cm. wide. The palm wood is bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is also bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan. The bark cord band is coated with grey clay. The point is a solid round bone projection 12.5 cm. beyond the binding and coated with a black substance.