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Throwing Stick1366/5

Flat throwing stick that tapers to a point at one end and has two opposing rectangular notches at other end to form a handle ?; ten small notches are out of one edge just below the larger notches. Pointed end is slightly darker than rest and a hole is through it from front to back.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield1366/3

Brown-yellow, long, flat wooden object with rounded ends and a handle in the centre. Piece of brown leather is tied in a loop through the handle. Top is carved with long horizontal strokes intersected by four red vertical lines. Bottom is carved with alternating plain and red lines carved horizontally and a thick, zigzagging design.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, skin and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield1366/2

Light reddish-brown oblong-shaped shield with raised handle in the centre and rounded edges at each end. Front of shield is decorated with carved geometric designs.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and alloy metal ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boomerang1366/1

A long curved wood boomerang with a skin band wrapped around it.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical Instrument1366/8

Didgeridoo made of a long piece of hollowed-out wood, and painted with lizard and fish motifs in off-white, orange-brown and dark brown. Ends are painted black.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd1366/7

Baobab fruit with incised scenes of birds and fish on the outer surface.

Culture
Australian
Material
baobab fruit
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear Thrower1366/4

Oblong spear thrower that is curved along length and has pointed ends. One end has a ball of resin around it and a leather thong wrapped three times around it forming a loop for hanging; other end has a wooden point attached with tightly wound grass; point is oriented toward the other end. An adhesive label is in the concave surface.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, leather skin and sinew ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1366/6

Long, brown, tapering wooden shaft with barbed wooden point. Remnants of a faded brown tag glued to the shaft.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, fibre, adhesive and paper
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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