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1. Bow

Museum number:
11-111
Culture or time period:
Torres Strait Islanders
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia

2. Club

Museum number:
11-739
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Australia

3. Necklace

Museum number:
11-947
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

4. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1148
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Australia

5. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1149
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Australia

6. Wooden shield

Museum number:
11-1205
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
South Central Queensland, Australia

7. Shield

Museum number:
11-1206
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Murchison, Western Australia

8. War club

Museum number:
11-1207
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Western Australia

9. War club

Museum number:
11-1208
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

10. War club

Museum number:
11-1209
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Broad Sound, East Central Queensland, Australia

11. Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1210
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia

12. Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1211
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Murray River, Echuca District, Victoria

13. Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1212
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Collection place:
Northeast Queensland, Australia

14. Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1213
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
McArthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory

15. Gouge/chisel

Museum number:
11-1214
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Gouges
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:
Georgina River, Queensland, Australia

16. Club

Museum number:
11-1215
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

17. Fire drill

Museum number:
11-1216a
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Cairns, Northeastern Queensland, Queensland

18. Fire drill

Museum number:
11-1216a,b
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Cairns, Northeastern Queensland, Queensland

19. Fire drill base

Museum number:
11-1216b
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Cairns, Northeastern Queensland, Queensland

20. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1217
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia

21. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1218
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

22. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1219
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia

23. Axe

Museum number:
11-1220
Culture or time period:
Tiwi people (N20)
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Collection place:
Bathurst Island Mission, Bathhurst Island, Northern Territory

24. Axe

Museum number:
11-1221
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Collection place:
New South Wales, Australia

25. Spear

Museum number:
11-1222
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Collection place:
Kimberly, Western Australia

26. Bark cloth

Museum number:
11-1223
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Collection place:
Cairns, Northeastern Queensland, Queensland

27. Cord

Museum number:
11-1224
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Cords
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

28. Cord

Museum number:
11-1225
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Cords
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Collection place:
Western Australia

29. Armband

Museum number:
11-1226
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Amulets and Armbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

30. Headband

Museum number:
11-1227
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

31. Necklace

Museum number:
11-1228
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

32. Necklace

Museum number:
11-1229
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Taxon:
Nautiloidea

33. Ornament

Museum number:
11-1230
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia

34. Bow

Museum number:
11-1348
Culture or time period:
Torres Strait Islanders
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Torres Strait Islands, Western Province, Papua Region

35. Shield

Museum number:
11-1350
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kimberly, Western Australia
Collection date:
1911

36. Implement

Museum number:
11-1351
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Stone tools
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Australia
Collection date:
1911

37. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1352
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Australia
Collection date:
1911

38. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1353
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Australia
Collection date:
1911

39. Necklace

Museum number:
11-1394
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Necklaces
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tasmania, Australia

40. Necklace

Museum number:
11-1395
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Necklaces
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tasmania, Australia

41. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1422
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Australia

42. Shield

Museum number:
11-1447
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

43. War shield

Museum number:
11-1448
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

44. Shield

Museum number:
11-1449
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:
Kimberly, Western Australia

45. Small wooden shield

Museum number:
11-1450
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:
Western Australia

46. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1451
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Western Australia

47. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1452
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Western Australia

48. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1453
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

49. Boomerang

Museum number:
11-1454
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Boomerangs
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

50. Throwing stick

Museum number:
11-1455
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

51. Throwing stick

Museum number:
11-1456
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collection place:
Western Australia

52. Throwing stick

Museum number:
11-1457
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Western Australia

53. Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1458
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

54. Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1459
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

55. Spear

Museum number:
11-1460
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

56. Spear

Museum number:
11-1461
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

57. Carrying basket

Museum number:
11-1462
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

58. Basket

Museum number:
11-1463
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Victoria, Australia

59. Basket

Museum number:
11-1464
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

60. Rattle

Museum number:
11-1465
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia

61. Spear

Museum number:
11-1466
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

62. Spear

Museum number:
11-1467
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

63. Spear

Museum number:
11-1468
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

64. Spear

Museum number:
11-1469
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

65. Spear

Museum number:
11-1470
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

66. Spear

Museum number:
11-1471
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

67. Spear with four stingray points

Museum number:
11-1472
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

68. Spear

Museum number:
11-1473
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

69. Spear

Museum number:
11-1474
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

70. Spear

Museum number:
11-1475
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

71. Spear

Museum number:
11-1476
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

72. Spear

Museum number:
11-1477
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

73. Spear

Museum number:
11-1478
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

74. Spear

Museum number:
11-1479
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

75. Spear

Museum number:
11-1480
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

76. Spear

Museum number:
11-1481
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

77. Spear

Museum number:
11-1482
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

78. Spear

Museum number:
11-1483
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

79. Spear

Museum number:
11-1484
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

80. Spear

Museum number:
11-1485
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

81. Spear

Museum number:
11-1486
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

82. Arrow

Museum number:
11-1487
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

83. Bone cane

Museum number:
11-1488
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

84. Javelin

Museum number:
11-1489
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

85. Cane spear

Museum number:
11-1490
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

86. Cane spear

Museum number:
11-1491
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

87. Cane spear

Museum number:
11-1492
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

88. Cane spear

Museum number:
11-1493
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

89. Cane spear

Museum number:
11-1494
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

90. Spear

Museum number:
11-1495
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

91. Spear point

Museum number:
11-1496
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

92. Spear

Museum number:
11-1497
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

93. Spear

Museum number:
11-1498
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

94. Bow and string

Museum number:
11-1499
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

95. Case

Museum number:
11-1500a
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

97. Stick

Museum number:
11-1500b
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

98. Stick

Museum number:
11-1500c
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

99. Fire drill and hearth

Museum number:
11-1501
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

100. Fire drill and hearth

Museum number:
11-1502
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia

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