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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Toy ball made from burnt (open-hearth baked) gypsum Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Toys Apply Toys filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 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 Katherine Stow collection Apply Katherine Stow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western NSW, New South Wales, Australia Apply Western NSW, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Long narrow mesh bag formed from two-ply looped fibre-string... American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bags Apply Bags filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Spearthrower Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Digging stick Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Digging sticks Apply Digging sticks filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Bundle of string, made from fibre, bound and knotted JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	String Apply String filter	Kaparlgoo, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Kaparlgoo, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1935 Apply 1935 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
Kimberley point Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Rainforest shield - QLD Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
'Creation Stories of the Manggalili Clan' by Narritjin Maymu... Department of Aboriginal Affairs collection no. 1 Apply Department of Aboriginal Affairs collection no. 1 filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Narritjin Maymuru Apply Narritjin Maymuru filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Pigmented knife made from an elliptical piece of wood and si... Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Shield, Queensland Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Nautilus shell necklace from Northern Queensland Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Necklaces Apply Necklaces filter	Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Botanical sample of Mindrie root Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia Apply Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Spearthrower Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Kimberley point Bruce Coaldrake collection Apply Bruce Coaldrake collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter	Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia Apply Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1954 Apply 1954 filter
Vertical woven split-cane basket Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 Apply Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Northern Australia, Australia Apply Northern Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
Carved wooden lizard with an incised design on the upper sur... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Boomerang Professor H Davies collection Apply Professor H Davies collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Message stick with pigment Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter	Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia Apply Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Chasm Is. Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 6 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 6 filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Niretjanga Apply Niretjanga filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Weapon - Spear American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Gulf country, Queensland, Australia Apply Gulf country, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1908 Apply 1908 filter
Animal long bone awl Douglas Seaton collection Apply Douglas Seaton collection filter	Awls Apply Awls filter	Babinda, Queensland, Australia Apply Babinda, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Armband of woven string with four conical shells in a decora... Gunanamanda Arts and Crafts collection Apply Gunanamanda Arts and Crafts collection filter	Armbands Apply Armbands filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1986 Apply 1986 filter
Bifacially flaked and edge ground, stone hatchet Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum collection Apply Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum collection filter	Hatchets Apply Hatchets filter	Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Bark Painting, Fishing Scene showing Dugong and Turtle, from... American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Neck ornanment Professor WEH Stanner collection no. 1 Apply Professor WEH Stanner collection no. 1 filter	Personal adornments Apply Personal adornments filter	Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1935 Apply 1935 filter
Woven basket Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia Apply Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter
Long narrow mesh bag formed from two-ply looped fibre-string... American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bags Apply Bags filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Head ornament Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Head ornaments Apply Head ornaments filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Club Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia Apply Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Adze Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Engraver made with macropod incisor Reverend FR Nitzschke collection Apply Reverend FR Nitzschke collection filter	Engraving tools Apply Engraving tools filter	Mapoon, Queensland, Australia Apply Mapoon, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Club J Davidson collection no. 1 Apply J Davidson collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
The Magellan Clouds American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Kulpidja Apply Kulpidja filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Barron River, Queensland, Australia Apply Barron River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Boomerang Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Message stick - Yirrkala, 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Weapon - Spearthrower American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Wooden clapstick made from a cylindrical stick tapered at bo... Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Clapsticks Apply Clapsticks filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Toy boomerang Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Toys Apply Toys filter	Mulka, South Australia, Australia Apply Mulka, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Hooked boomerang, Lake Eyre basin, South Australia Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia Apply Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Parrying Shield Gabriella Roy collection Apply Gabriella Roy collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1986 Apply 1986 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Southern South Australia, Australia Apply Southern South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Paintbrush Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Paintbrushes Apply Paintbrushes filter	Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Apply Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1962 Apply 1962 filter
Unidentified Sea Fish American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Minimini Numalkiyiya Mamarika Apply Minimini Numalkiyiya Mamarika filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Boomerang Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
'Mother whale' by Narritjin Maymuru, 1978 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 18/01/1979 collection Apply Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 18/01/1979 collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Drill Hall, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, Austra... Apply Drill Hall, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, Austra... filter	Narritjin Maymuru Apply Narritjin Maymuru filter	1978 Apply 1978 filter
Bark painting, Kestrels and Chicks American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Minimini Numalkiyiya Mamarika Apply Minimini Numalkiyiya Mamarika filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Pigmented hatchet with stone head, bifacially flaked with a ... Professor Adolphus Elkin collection Apply Professor Adolphus Elkin collection filter	Hatchets Apply Hatchets filter	Walcott Inlet, Western Australia, Australia Apply Walcott Inlet, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Parrying Shield Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Kimberley point Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Club Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Apply Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Message stick Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter	East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 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	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Nosebone Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Personal adornments Apply Personal adornments filter	Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia Apply Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Message stick Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Spearthrower Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter