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Black and brown bowl
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Kanginy
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Wooden container
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Two wooden bowls
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Walter Pukutiwara
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Child's drawing

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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Walter Pukutiwara
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Bull kelp and river reed container made by Verna Nichols
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Verna Nichols
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Child's drawing

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Shallow concave and elongated wooden container
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Clapstick
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Piti or wooden container with pokerwork of Kungkarangkaipa T...

The Seven Sisters Songline travels from the west to the east across the far western and central deserts. The sisters are...
Child's drawing

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Wooden bowl with burnt engraved designs
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Child's drawing

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Bamboo bottle
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Mr Leo Austen
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1919
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Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Painted marine turtle shell featuring thirteen totemic anima...
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Lindsay Roughsey
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1978
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Bull kelp and tea tree container, made by Nayda Smith
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Miss Nayda Smith
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Boomerang
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Mr Roy Barker
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1992
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Gongolgon, New South Wales, Australia
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Child's drawing

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Bark container
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1973
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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String bag
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Child's drawing

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Bark container
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Child's drawing - This is Rocky Island off shore from Mornin...

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Boomerang
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Not provided
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1986
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Boomerang
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Message stick
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Not known
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1960
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Club
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Wooden container, Wangkangurru people
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1926
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Child's drawing - Here is my garden by Susan Binjari, 12yrs,...

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Bark container
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Wooden container
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Bakelite cylindrical container
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Oval concave wooden container with rounded ends, and pigment...
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J W. Lindo
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1985
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Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia
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Hooked boomerang decorated with motifs, from Mornington Isl...
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Ceramic brown glazed stoneware vessel
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Queensland, Australia
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Unknown
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Club
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1960
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Ceremonial dance headdress -
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1979
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Kelp container by Verna Nichols
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Verna Nichols
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Tasmania, Australia
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Dronepipe
Didjeridus
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Abadjura
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1987
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Wooden container
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Miss Olive Pink
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Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container
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A straight shaped piece of dogwood with bark still attached
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Child's drawing - Turtle and Dugong Hunting by Mildred Gahor...

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Bull kelp and river reed container, made by Leonie Dickson
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Ms Leonie Dickson
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Deep concave wooden container
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1934
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Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
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Bark container
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1931
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Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia
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Boomerang
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Club
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Child's drawing - This is Mornington Island along time ago ....

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Bull kelp, river reed and tee-tree container, made by Ila Pu...
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Mrs Ila Purdon
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Child's drawing - Men and women and children walking to Watt...

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Wooden container
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Wooden container
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Miss Olive Pink
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Wooden container from the Rawlinson Ranges
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Walter B. MacDougall Mr
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Rawlinson Ranges, Western Australia, Australia
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Container made from bull kelp, river reed and tee tree strin...
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Ms Jacqui Langdon
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Terracotta bowl with dark blue slip by Renita Stanley
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Ms Renita Stanley
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2005
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Wooden, concave container
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1987
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Mount Ebenezer, Northern Territory, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Black and brown bowl Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Kanginy Apply Kanginy filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Two wooden bowls Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Walter Pukutiwara Apply Walter Pukutiwara filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Grace Loogatha Apply Grace Loogatha filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Walter Pukutiwara Apply Walter Pukutiwara filter
Bull kelp and river reed container made by Verna Nichols Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Verna Nichols Apply Verna Nichols filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Harry Naranatish Apply Harry Naranatish filter
Shallow concave and elongated wooden container Brian Hayden collection Apply Brian Hayden collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Clapstick Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Clapsticks Apply Clapsticks filter
Piti or wooden container with pokerwork of Kungkarangkaipa T... Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 2 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Dagg Apply Margaret Dagg filter	1997 Apply 1997 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Noel Dillan Apply Noel Dillan filter
Wooden bowl with burnt engraved designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nola Apply Nola filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Gaye Goongorra Apply Gaye Goongorra filter
Bamboo bottle Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Painted marine turtle shell featuring thirteen totemic anima... Blair Gardner collection no. 1 Apply Blair Gardner collection no. 1 filter	Artworks Apply Artworks filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Lindsay Roughsey Apply Lindsay Roughsey filter	1978 Apply 1978 filter
Bull kelp and tea tree container, made by Nayda Smith Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Nayda Smith Apply Miss Nayda Smith filter
Boomerang Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Gongolgon, New South Wales, Australia Apply Gongolgon, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Roy Barker Apply Mr Roy Barker filter	1992 Apply 1992 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Wayne Williams Apply Wayne Williams filter
Bark container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter		1973 Apply 1973 filter
String bag Gunanamanda Arts and Crafts collection Apply Gunanamanda Arts and Crafts collection filter	Bags Apply Bags filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1986 Apply 1986 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Mornington Island State School Apply Mornington Island State School filter
Bark container Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart Apply Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart filter
Child's drawing - This is Rocky Island off shore from Mornin... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Craig Sandy Apply Craig Sandy filter
Boomerang Gunanamanda Arts and Crafts collection Apply Gunanamanda Arts and Crafts collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1986 Apply 1986 filter
Boomerang Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Message stick Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not known Apply Not known filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
Club Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Wooden container, Wangkangurru people Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Mornington Island State School Apply Mornington Island State School filter
Child's drawing - Here is my garden by Susan Binjari, 12yrs,... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Susan Binjari Apply Susan Binjari filter
Bark container Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Bakelite cylindrical container Fiona Reynolds collection Apply Fiona Reynolds collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Oval concave wooden container with rounded ends, and pigment... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia Apply Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia filter	J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Hooked boomerang decorated with motifs, from Mornington Isl... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter
Ceramic brown glazed stoneware vessel Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Apply filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nola Apply Nola filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Unknown Apply Unknown filter
Club Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not known Apply Not known filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
Ceremonial dance headdress - Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Headdresses Apply Headdresses filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter		1979 Apply 1979 filter
Kelp container by Verna Nichols Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Verna Nichols collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Verna Nichols collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Verna Nichols Apply Verna Nichols filter
Dronepipe Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Didjeridus Apply Didjeridus filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Abadjura Apply Abadjura filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Wooden container Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container Milo Dunphy collection no. 2 Apply Milo Dunphy collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
A straight shaped piece of dogwood with bark still attached Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Samples Apply Samples filter
Child's drawing - Turtle and Dugong Hunting by Mildred Gahor... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Mildred Gahori Apply Mildred Gahori filter
Bull kelp and river reed container, made by Leonie Dickson Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ms Leonie Dickson Apply Ms Leonie Dickson filter
Deep concave wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Bark container Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Boomerang Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Club Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Child's drawing - This is Mornington Island along time ago .... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Sharon Toby Apply Sharon Toby filter
Bull kelp, river reed and tee-tree container, made by Ila Pu... Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Mrs Ila Purdon Apply Mrs Ila Purdon filter
Child's drawing - Men and women and children walking to Watt... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Johnson R. Janama Apply Johnson R. Janama filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden container Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
Wooden container from the Rawlinson Ranges Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3 Apply Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Rawlinson Ranges, Western Australia, Australia Apply Rawlinson Ranges, Western Australia, Australia filter	Walter B. MacDougall Mr Apply Walter B. MacDougall Mr filter
Container made from bull kelp, river reed and tee tree strin... Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ms Jacqui Langdon Apply Ms Jacqui Langdon filter
Terracotta bowl with dark blue slip by Renita Stanley Ernabella Arts Inc. collection no. 7 Apply Ernabella Arts Inc. collection no. 7 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Ms Renita Stanley Apply Ms Renita Stanley filter	2005 Apply 2005 filter
Wooden, concave container Herbert Keys collection Apply Herbert Keys collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Mount Ebenezer, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Mount Ebenezer, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter