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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
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
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	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Spearhead Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter		1935 Apply 1935 filter
Female figure wood carving Geoff Dennis collection Apply Geoff Dennis collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands Apply Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands filter		1971 Apply 1971 filter
Pokerwork snake, Ernabella SA Winifred Hilliard collection no. 2 Apply Winifred Hilliard collection no. 2 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1954 Apply 1954 filter
South-east wind story (Dreamtime story). Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Nemigilagum Apply Nemigilagum filter
Jiboom Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings 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
Sculpture Y Pettinato collection Apply Y Pettinato collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Weapon - Spear - Yirrkala, 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Carved male figure holding a lizard in a container Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Diamantina River, Queensland, Australia Apply Diamantina River, Queensland, Australia filter	Kalboori Youngi Apply Kalboori Youngi filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Fregon, South Australia, Australia Apply Fregon, South Australia, Australia filter	Malyanka Apply Malyanka filter
Lizard sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Mildred Lyons Apply Mildred Lyons filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Ngalpuntja Apply Ngalpuntja filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Walter Pukutiwara Apply Walter Pukutiwara filter
Bird Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Pulya Taylor Apply Pulya Taylor filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nola Apply Nola filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Bird Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3 Apply Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings 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
Sculpture - wood - lizard Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia Apply Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia filter	Jean I. Burke Apply Jean I. Burke filter
Weapon - Spear - Yirrkala, 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Small wooden carving of 'Tambaran' figure Beth Dean Carell collection no. 4 Apply Beth Dean Carell collection no. 4 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Victor Carell Apply Mr Victor Carell filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Ambumandja. 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	Baijimma Apply Baijimma 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	Cape Stewart, North Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Cape Stewart, North Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Carved lizard Central Australian souvenirs collection Apply Central Australian souvenirs collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Kanginy Apply Kanginy filter
'Nyapilingu' Buku-Larrngay Arts collection no. 1 Apply Buku-Larrngay Arts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Baluka Maymuru Apply Baluka Maymuru filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Sculpture - wood - human male Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter
Sculpture Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings 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
Carved wooden fish Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection Apply Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Kamanara Apply Kamanara filter	1994 Apply 1994 filter
Poisonous snake sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Ikula Apply Ikula filter
Wooden carving of a goanna 'ngintaka', carved at the 'Tracki... Maruku Arts collection no. 2 Apply Maruku Arts collection no. 2 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Topsy Tjulyata Apply Topsy Tjulyata filter	2001 Apply 2001 filter
Lizard Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection Apply Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Dagg Apply Margaret Dagg filter	1994 Apply 1994 filter
Carved wooden bilby Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection Apply Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Maringka Burton Apply Maringka Burton filter	1994 Apply 1994 filter
Bird sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia Apply Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia filter	Nowitja Apply Nowitja filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Wooden sculpture of a cow's head - made by Molly Miller Namp... RG Kimber collection no. 1 Apply RG Kimber collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter		Mollie N. Miller Apply Mollie N. Miller filter
Wood carving of a pelican head with pigment design Professor Ronald Berndt collection Apply Professor Ronald Berndt collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mawalan 1 Marika Apply Mawalan 1 Marika filter	1944 Apply 1944 filter
Ancestral hero of the Yirritya moiety: Banaitja (Lanytjung) ... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Birrikitji Gumana Apply Birrikitji Gumana filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
The Sun-woman 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
Lizard sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nola Apply Nola filter
Bird without legs Florence Gaby collection Apply Florence Gaby collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter
The Lizard, Tjunda - Yirrkala, 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Wooden carving with surface design from Curtin Springs, 1957 Barrie and Jennifer Hadlow collection Apply Barrie and Jennifer Hadlow collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter
Decorated wooden carving by Declan Apuamati, Bathurst Island Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Declan Apuatami Apply Declan Apuatami filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Pulya Taylor Apply Pulya Taylor filter
Painting depicts six fish surrounded by lines of palm trees ... 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	Jack Maranguida Apply Jack Maranguida filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Dalimbu. 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	Bukanda Apply Bukanda filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Carved wooden sculpture of a snake Aboriginal Women's Arts Festival collection Apply Aboriginal Women's Arts Festival collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	South Australia, Australia Apply South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Kanginy Apply Kanginy filter
Snake sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia Apply Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia filter	Jean I. Burke Apply Jean I. Burke filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Female figure wood carving Geoff Dennis collection Apply Geoff Dennis collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands Apply Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands filter
Stingray. 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	Tarunga Apply Tarunga filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Bark painting titled Djalambu Emu Dance by Djawa, Milingimbi... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Tom Djawa Apply Tom Djawa filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Goanna sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Fregon, South Australia, Australia Apply Fregon, South Australia, Australia filter	Malyanka Apply Malyanka filter
Weapon - Spear - Yirrkala, 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Wood carving a male initiate or Maraufu Geoff Dennis collection Apply Geoff Dennis collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands Apply Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands 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	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Lizard sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Mildred Lyons Apply Mildred Lyons filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Pee-wee (magpie lark) figure Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings 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
Male figure wood carving Geoff Dennis collection Apply Geoff Dennis collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands Apply Owarika AKA Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands filter