Artefacts collected during trip to Mount Liebig in 1933

Some of the artefacts collected during trip to Mount Liebig in 1933
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		Size mm
Pitchi	wood	405 x 150	Finely made with slight crack on one edge.
Nulla-Nulla	wood	565 x 40	Heavy, round and pointed at both ends. One end bulbous with trace of resin
Shield	bean-wood	565 x 40	ochre traces, convex side with longitudinal grooves and 5 firemaking grooves. Concave side longitudinal grooves with recessed handle. Origin
Spear	wood		Point with angled prong bound with fibre Origin
Boomerang	wood	1065 x 70	Large - incised to centre with 3 rows of sausage-like patterns, banded both ends. Flat side clear but with slight irregular banding centre.
Boomerang	wood	665 x 60	Shallow longitudinal grooves.
Boomerang	wood	565 x 40	Shallow longitudinal grooves.
Boomerang	wood	560 x 45	Shallow longitudinal grooves 200 mm missing from one edge.
Tjurunga	wood	425 x 63	Ochre coated - incised pattern: 3 sets circles both sides - convex side has tracks - concave side has linking lines. (journal drawing - top)
Tjurunga	wood	395 x 100	Incised convex side: 3 sets circles + 4 rectangular striped areas. Concave side has 8 rectangular stripes with fine patterns between. (journal drawing - top).
Tjurunga	wood	384 x 75	Incised convex side: horseshoe shapes + numerous short sets of 3-4 lines. Concave side : 3 tripple line serpentine forms + numerous short triplets. (journal drawing - bottom).
Tjurunga	wood	343 x 64	Incised convex side: 4 set circles + numerous toed tracks. Concave side: 3 sets of circles + numerous 3 toed tracks. (journal drawing - bottom)
Tjurunga	wood	316 x 52	Ochre covered - very worn and smooth. Incised convex side has 2 sets of circles joined by lines either side are 5 pairs of hoseshoe shapes. Concave side: has 8 pairs of horseshoe shapes either side of horizontal line with small single horseshoe shape at the end. (journal drawing - top)
Tjurunga	wood	248 x 35	Incised with 4 sets of circles and 4 sets of 3 toed tracks both sides.(journal drawing - middle)
Tjurunga	wood	205 x 22	Black coating with 1 spiral in the centre on one side only.
Bullroarer	wood	225 x 35	Finely incised with horshoe shapes and striations.
Bullroarer	wood	192 x 30	Incised on one side with 4 sets of circles + 3 toed tracks. Other side has 5 sets of circles + 3 toed tracks.
Bullroarer	wood	205 x 25	Broken/split - finely incised with zig zags marks both sides.
Point	bone	225 x 10	Incised finely with horizontal lines both sides, resin blob one end and red colour near point.
Point	bone	217 x 10	Concave with blob of resin one end.
Point	wood	180 x 12	Round and sharp. Incised with burns 5 lengths of dots and labeled: 'digging stick'.
Point	wood	240 x 10	Round and sharp tapering. Incised with dots and with red resin 1/3 from blunt end.
Point	wood	260 x 7	Flat/round tapering. Sharp both ends with samll amount of resin centre. Incised finely with zig zags.
Tool	wood	155 x 25	Pointed one end - flattened the other, inscribed centre with fine lines.
Tool	wood/stone	375 x 18	Scraping tool with stone blade fixed in resin with fine Zig Zag banding on handle.
Tool	wood/stone	425 x 30	Scraping tool with stone blade fixed in resin with some horizontal banding on slightly curved handle.