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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Burnished, wooden fighting 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
Pigmented and burnished, deep wooden concave container Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1937 Apply 1937 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		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow 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 Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 Apply Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Painted and pokerwork boomerang featuring scallop border and... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Joe Timbery Apply Joe Timbery filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Wooden bowl called piti RG Kimber collection no. 1 Apply RG Kimber collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Cordillo Downs Station, South Australia, Australia Apply Cordillo Downs Station, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Kelp water carrier Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Rachel Quillart collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Rachel Quillart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Rachel Quillart Apply Rachel Quillart filter
Wooden club or digging stick with pokerwork design from Herm... Barrie and Jennifer Hadlow collection Apply Barrie and Jennifer Hadlow 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	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1923 Apply 1923 filter
Wooden container with adze marks Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club head 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 Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1929 Apply 1929 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	Ngalpuntja Apply Ngalpuntja filter
Wooden container Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
Wooden hunting club, Darling River region, New South Wales Black's Museum collection Apply Black's Museum 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	1930 Apply 1930 filter
Club Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Club FG Tonge collection Apply FG Tonge collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club from Goondiwindi area, Queensland, 1901 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia Apply Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1901 Apply 1901 filter
Club from central Western Australia, 1915 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Club from West Papua, Indonesia Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua, Indonesia Apply Papua, Indonesia 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
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow 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 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	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1911 Apply 1911 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
Timber club with tapered head studded with rows of nails, fr... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Club Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Mr Gerhardt Laves Apply Mr Gerhardt Laves filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Club head Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Wilfred N. Beaver Apply Mr Wilfred N. Beaver filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
Boomerang, made by Joe Timbery, La Perouse, Sydney, 1977 Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Joe Timbery Apply Joe Timbery filter	1977 Apply 1977 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
Wooden container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Njinawanga Apply Njinawanga filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
Jardial - fighting stick - Bentinck Island Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bentinck Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Bentinck Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Forked 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
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Port Essington, Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Port Essington, Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory, 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
Wooden club with incised floral pattern, attributed to Coran... Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia Apply Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia 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
Club Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... Apply Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... filter	Biliaritjimau Apply Biliaritjimau filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Club Lew Parlette collection no. 2 Apply Lew Parlette collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1972 Apply 1972 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Burl used to hold ochre Tooloyn Koortakay collection Apply Tooloyn Koortakay collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Apply East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia filter		2002 Apply 2002 filter
Club Edward Roberts collection Apply Edward Roberts collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Ms Patricia Heath Apply Ms Patricia Heath filter
Club Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Club Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Unknown Apply Unknown 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
Deep concave wooden container Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Murchison, Western Australia, Australia Apply Murchison, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Topography Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Sherril Sheehan collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Sherril Sheehan collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Sherril Sheehan Apply Sherril Sheehan filter
Baby shoes with shellwork decoration, La Perouse, Sydney Jonathan Dickson collection Apply Jonathan Dickson collection filter	Baby shoes Apply Baby shoes filter	La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter
Shellwork Sydney Harbour Bridge, La Perouse, Sydney Esme Timbery collection Apply Esme Timbery collection filter	Ornaments Apply Ornaments filter	La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Esme Timbery Apply Esme Timbery filter	2006 Apply 2006 filter
Food bowl woven from plant material 1992 Torres Strait Islands Cultural Festival collection Apply 1992 Torres Strait Islands Cultural Festival collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Darnley (Erub) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Apply Darnley (Erub) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia filter	Miss Lucy Thaiday Apply Miss Lucy Thaiday filter	1992 Apply 1992 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
Club Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 Apply Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	South-eastern South Australia, South Australia, Australia Apply South-eastern South Australia, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter