Central Australian artefacts 1933
| Name | Material | Size (mm) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. The 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 on either side of the 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 horseshoe 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-zag 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 labelled: '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 small 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. |
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