Item X 44609 forma | Engraver. Wenlock River, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia. before 1900

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.