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Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Wooden club, Weapon
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1928
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Club made by 'Cabbage', from lower Darling River area, New S...

Original label on 1985.0059.0120 reads: 'Made by/"Cabbage"/of the lower/Darling Tribe /Prestd/by/Inspt/Bear/20/10/12'. ...
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Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
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1934
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Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia
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1948
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Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia
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Taree, New South Wales, Australia
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Mr Clarence Henry
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1914
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Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Pigmented wooden club
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Club from Solomon Islands

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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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Club from Cobar, New South Wales, 1909

Original label on 1985.0059.0103 reads: "[Mulga]/Tribe/1900/ (one end used for digging yams etc) /Cobar District /25". ...
Club from Wilcannia, New South Wales

Original label on 1985.0059.0099 reads: "River nr Wilc/Murdered her h ...". The paper label on this club is damaged. A l...
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Mr Frederick Chisholm
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1913
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Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Weapon - Tasmanian Aboriginal club - wooden

Original label on 1985.0059.0147 reads: "Tasmanian Palaeolithic club presented by Taylor Hobart". Edmund Milne (186...
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Dauwida
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1974
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Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Club

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1931
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Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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Pigmented wooden club with forked handle
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Wooden club
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Mr F R. Cawley
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1922
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Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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'Ngurti' (wooden container) by Mayapu Elsie Thomas, 2007
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Mayapu E. Thomas
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2007
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Jilji Bore, Western Australia, Australia
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Mildred Lyons
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Amata, South Australia, Australia
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Club from Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Weapon - Club - wooden
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Club, Victoria
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1926
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Victoria, Australia
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Decorated container made from bark
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Wooden club
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1927
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Club, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory
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1926
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Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Cylindrical wooden club, irregular in shape with a slight cu...
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J W. Lindo
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Mowitja
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Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia
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Wooden club
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Mr J C. Le Souef
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Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia
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1915
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Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Club head
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Club made by Jack Shepherd, Byrock, New South Wales, 1914

Original label on 1985.0059.0093 reads: "Burang/Close in fighting/Mulga Tribe/191?". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born ...
Club from Darling River, New South Wales

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Weapon - Club - wooden
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1920
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Lake Kopperamanna, South Australia, Australia
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Wooden container made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite)

Erlikilyika was a Lower Southern Arrernte man born in c1865 in the area where the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station was...
Piti

A wooden bowl or piti made from a river red gum. It features a curved pattern synonymous with central desert crafts and ...
Asymmetrical wooden club, with one pointed end, and the othe...
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J W. Lindo
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Asymmetrical wooden club, with one tapered end, and the othe...
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J W. Lindo
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Wooden club, made by Mickey Bell, Jervis Bay, New South Wale...

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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1993
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New South Wales, Australia
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1985
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Mitchell River Mission, Queensland, Australia
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Pigmented wooden club with a rounded handle extending gradua...
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Abadjura
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1985
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Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
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Club with pokerwork possum and bird, and kangaroo and emu mo...
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Tommy Foster
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Wooden concave container
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Ian Dunlop
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1964
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Wooden club, Weapon
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Club, Victoria
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Not provided
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1926
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Victoria, Australia
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Bamboo lime container or Pokemamari
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Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Oceania
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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...
Lil-lil club
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1800
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North-west NSW, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
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		1917 Apply 1917 filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart 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	1928 Apply 1928 filter
Club made by 'Cabbage', from lower Darling River area, New S... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Cabbage Apply Cabbage filter	1912 Apply 1912 filter
Club Ron Bell collection Apply Ron Bell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia Apply Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Club Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia Apply Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club H Wood collection Apply H Wood collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Taree, New South Wales, Australia Apply Taree, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Clarence Henry Apply Mr Clarence Henry filter	1914 Apply 1914 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
Club from Solomon Islands Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Solomon Islands, Oceania Apply Solomon Islands, Oceania 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
Club from Cobar, New South Wales, 1909 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Cobar, New South Wales, Australia Apply Cobar, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Club from Wilcannia, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia Apply Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
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	Mr Frederick Chisholm Apply Mr Frederick Chisholm filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Weapon - Tasmanian Aboriginal club - wooden Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter
Club Dorothy Bennett collection Apply Dorothy Bennett collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dauwida Apply Dauwida filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Upper Darling River Region, New South Wales, Australia Apply Upper Darling River Region, New South Wales, Australia 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
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
Weapon - Club - wooden Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Pigmented wooden club with forked handle 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 club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr F R. Cawley Apply Mr F R. Cawley filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
'Ngurti' (wooden container) by Mayapu Elsie Thomas, 2007 Canning Stock Route collection Apply Canning Stock Route collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Jilji Bore, Western Australia, Australia Apply Jilji Bore, Western Australia, Australia filter	Mayapu E. Thomas Apply Mayapu E. Thomas filter	2007 Apply 2007 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs 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	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Mildred Lyons Apply Mildred Lyons filter
Club from Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club, Victoria Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Decorated container made from bark A Morrison collection no. 1 Apply A Morrison collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1927 Apply 1927 filter
Club, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Cylindrical wooden club, irregular in shape with a slight cu... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo 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	Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia Apply Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia filter	Mowitja Apply Mowitja filter
Wooden club JC Le Souef collection Apply JC Le Souef collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia Apply Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia filter	Mr J C. Le Souef Apply Mr J C. Le Souef filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 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
Club Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club made by Jack Shepherd, Byrock, New South Wales, 1914 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Byrock, New South Wales, Australia Apply Byrock, New South Wales, Australia filter	Jack Shepherd Apply Jack Shepherd filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Club from Darling River, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Darling River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Darling River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lake Kopperamanna, South Australia, Australia Apply Lake Kopperamanna, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Wooden container made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Apply Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Piti Maruku Arts collection no. 3 Apply Maruku Arts collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Topsy Tjulyata Apply Topsy Tjulyata filter	2003 Apply 2003 filter
Asymmetrical wooden club, with one pointed end, and the othe... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter
Asymmetrical wooden club, with one tapered end, and the othe... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter
Wooden club, made by Mickey Bell, Jervis Bay, New South Wale... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Jervis Bay, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter
Club Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Club Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Mitchell River Mission, Queensland, Australia Apply Mitchell River Mission, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Pigmented wooden club with a rounded handle extending gradua... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Apply Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia filter	Abadjura Apply Abadjura filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Club with pokerwork possum and bird, and kangaroo and emu mo... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Tommy Foster Apply Tommy Foster filter
Wooden concave 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
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell 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, Victoria Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Bamboo lime container or Pokemamari Geoff Dennis collection Apply Geoff Dennis collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Oceania Apply Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Oceania filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Lil-lil club 19th Century NSW Aboriginal Artefacts collection Apply 19th Century NSW Aboriginal Artefacts collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	North-west NSW, Australia Apply North-west NSW, Australia filter		1800 Apply 1800 filter