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Cub made by Jack Shepherd, 1913

Original label on 1985.0059.0095 reads: "-Sword-/Mulga Tribe/JS. 1913". "JS" on 1985.0059.0095 suggests it is associate...
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Incised wooden club, attributed to Coranderrk
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Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia
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Bark container
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Long Peter, Parapriti
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1965
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Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter...
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Bark container
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Deep, concave shaped wooden container
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1972
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Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wooden club
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Mr A P. Lyons
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1913
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Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Wooden container
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Wooden club, Weapon
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Club

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Pigmented, wooden concave and elongated container
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Ian Dunlop
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1964
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Not provided
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1930
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Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
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Not provided
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1927
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Archer River, Queensland, Australia
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Model dugout canoe, decorated overall
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Not provided
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1974
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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Wooden container
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Not provided
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1964
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Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia
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Mr Thomas P. Hackney
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1900
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Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Bull kelp container, made by Nannette Shaw
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Ms Nannette Shaw
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Wooden club, Weapon
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Club
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Mr Thomas P. Hackney
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1900
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Central Murray River Region, Victoria, Australia
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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Pigmented wooden club
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Wooden decorated club
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Not provided
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1974
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wooden club
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Not provided
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1934
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Gascoyne, Western Australia, Australia
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Wooden club 'tjutinypa', used in the 'Seven Sisters' perform...

The Seven Sisters Songline travels from the west to the east across the far western and central deserts. The sisters are...
Club head
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Pigmented, cylindrical bark container
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1985
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Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia
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Club used by Jimmy Clements, Lachlan River, New South Wales

A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0136: 'Nul...
Asymmetrical wooden club with one end pointed and the other ...
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J W. Lindo
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Club from Palmer River area, Queensland, 1870s

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0080 reads: "_almer River Qland/about 1870/relic of the gold rush brought/down by the la...
Miniature wooden container with pokerwork decoration
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This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Club

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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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Sir Hubert Murray
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1915
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Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Incised club with grid design and figurative panels on shaft...
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Cherbourg, Queensland, Australia
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Wooden club
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1919
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Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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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...
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Not provided
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1964
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Victoria, Australia
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This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Club, Mungeranie, South Australia,
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1926
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Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia
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Fighting stick with thin incised lines
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Margaret Pinnock
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Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia
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Oval concave wooden container with pointed ends
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J W. Lindo
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1907
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Wooden container
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Miss Olive Pink
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Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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1974
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Not provided
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1957
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New South Wales, Australia
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1934
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Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia
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Bark container
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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Western Australia, Australia
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Pigmented wooden club
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Cub made by Jack Shepherd, 1913 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Jack Shepherd Apply Jack Shepherd filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Incised wooden club, attributed to Coranderrk Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia Apply Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia filter
Bark container Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... Apply Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... filter	Long Peter, Parapriti Apply Long Peter, Parapriti filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Bark container Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission filter
Deep, concave shaped wooden container Lew Parlette collection no. 2 Apply Lew Parlette collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1972 Apply 1972 filter
Wooden club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr A P. Lyons Apply Mr A P. Lyons filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Club Florence Gaby collection Apply Florence Gaby collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Ms Patricia Heath Apply Ms Patricia Heath filter
Pigmented, wooden concave and elongated container Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ian Dunlop Apply Ian Dunlop filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Club Ralph O'Reilly Piddington collection Apply Ralph O'Reilly Piddington collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1930 Apply 1930 filter
Club Ursula McConnel collection Apply Ursula McConnel collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Archer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Archer River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Model dugout canoe, decorated overall Dorothy Bennett collection Apply Dorothy Bennett collection filter	Models Apply Models filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club Dr La Mont West collection Apply Dr La Mont West collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Club L and T Hackney collection Apply L and T Hackney collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia Apply Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Thomas P. Hackney Apply Mr Thomas P. Hackney filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Bull kelp container, made by Nannette Shaw Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ms Nannette Shaw Apply Ms Nannette Shaw filter
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club L and T Hackney collection Apply L and T Hackney collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Murray River Region, Victoria, Australia Apply Central Murray River Region, Victoria, Australia filter	Mr Thomas P. Hackney Apply Mr Thomas P. Hackney filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Pigmented wooden club Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart Apply Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart filter
Wooden decorated club Dorothy Bennett collection Apply Dorothy Bennett collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Wooden club Igor Zorich collection Apply Igor Zorich collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Gascoyne, Western Australia, Australia Apply Gascoyne, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Wooden club 'tjutinypa', used in the 'Seven Sisters' perform... Maruku Arts collection no. 2 Apply Maruku Arts collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia Apply Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia filter	Tommy Watson Apply Tommy Watson filter	2001 Apply 2001 filter
Club head Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Pigmented, cylindrical bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Club used by Jimmy Clements, Lachlan River, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Jimmy Clements Apply Jimmy Clements filter
Asymmetrical wooden club with one end pointed and the other ... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter
Club from Palmer River area, Queensland, 1870s Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Palmer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Palmer River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1911 Apply 1911 filter
Miniature wooden container with pokerwork decoration Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Sir Hubert Murray Apply Sir Hubert Murray filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
Incised club with grid design and figurative panels on shaft... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Cherbourg, Queensland, Australia Apply Cherbourg, Queensland, Australia filter
Wooden club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1919 Apply 1919 filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Club Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs 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
Club Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Ms Patricia Heath Apply Ms Patricia Heath filter
Club, Mungeranie, South Australia, Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia Apply Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Fighting stick with thin incised lines Bruce Wright collection Apply Bruce Wright collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Pinnock Apply Margaret Pinnock filter
Oval concave wooden container with pointed ends JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1907 Apply 1907 filter
Wooden container Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
Club Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Dorothy Bennett collection Apply Dorothy Bennett collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Club Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Katherine Stow collection Apply Katherine Stow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter
Pigmented wooden club Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart Apply Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart filter