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Ceremonial food bowl or Apira
The lavishly decorated food bowls, with their distinctive fine shell inlay, have always played an important part in the ...
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Kanyilpa (wooden container), painted by Shorty Lungkarta Tju...
This wooden dish is called Kanyilpa and is used for separating the seed from the chaff in the preparation of damper made...
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Wood carving a male initiate or Maraufu
Traditionally the elders carved illustrative figurines to educate the village children in all aspects of their tribal li...
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Deep concave wooden container
This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
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Wooden container from north Queensland, 1908
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0319 reads: ".Pitchie Food Dis/North Qland/E.O.M. 1908". "E.O.M." on 1985.0059.0319 sug...
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Female figure wood carving
Traditionally the elders carved illustrative figurines to educate the village children in all aspects of their tribal li...
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Wood carving a male initiate or Maraufu
Traditionally the elders carved illustrative figurines to educate the village children in all aspects of their tribal li...
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Carved softwood dance wand or Maramaraitapa
The collection includes two wands carried by women in traditional ceremonial dances.
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Semi-hemispherical hollow wooden container from Orara River ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0321 reads: "Coolabah/for/food water or honey/Orara River/1898". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
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Ceremonial food bowl or Apira
The lavishly decorated food bowls, with their distinctive fine shell inlay, have always played an important part in the ...
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