Summary
The kangaroo incisor is mounted onto the flat handle to use as an engraving tool for working wood. The broad flat surface was also 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
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Object Measurements
220 mm (Length), 65 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands