Engraver, Australia, West Cape York

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Item X 44608 forma | Engraver. Batavia River, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia. 1940

Summary

This tool is multipurpose, the kangaroo tooth being used as an engraver, and the flat surfaces being used to apply resin in the making of spears and spearthrowers.

Local Name

forma

Physical Description

A flat rectangular piece of ironwood coated in resin. A kangaroo incisor is bound with vegetable fibre string at one end. .

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Object/Medium

Engraver
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Batavia River, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia
Date Produced

1940
Date Collected

1940
Object Measurements

205 mm (Length), 75 mm (Width), 10 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Working country
Date Made

before 1940
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Not Recorded
Place Made

Batavia River, Queensland, Australia
Indigenous Region

West Cape, Australia
Keywords

Technology
Collection Names

Percival C. Cole Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

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Item X 44608 forma | Engraver. Batavia River, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia. 1940

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