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Bali: The Forge Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/bali-the-forge-collection/Many objects enter museum collections because they are no longer used, having been replaced by new versions. This is the case with the traditional Balinese temple paintings in the Australian Museum's collection.
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Kalti Paarti: Carved emu eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/Kalti Paarti is the practice of emu egg carving that depicts rich visual history through commemorating First Nations traditions and connection to animals and the land.
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Western Desert Art
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/australian-archaeology/collection-stories-western-desert-art/In August 1983, the Australian Museum purchased a collection of 94 paintings known as the 'Papunya Permanent Collection'.
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Fishing line, carrejun
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/sydney/fishing-line-carrejun/Fishing lines were two-ply twine made from the bark of several different plants including Cabbage Tree Palm, Livistona australis, and probably the Kurrajong tree, Brachychiton populneus. In addition to bark,
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Bark stingray toys
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/bark-stingray-toys/Our collection includes two toys made from bark, cut in the shape of a stingray.
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Toy 'kundi kundi'
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-kundi-kundi/In our collection is a toy called a kundi kundi, which is from Boulia in Queensland
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Kimberley Spear Points
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kimberley-spear-points/These objects reflect an adaptation of detailed craftsmanship.
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Spinning tops
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/spinning-topsgeneral/We have 15 spinning tops in our collection from Queensland and the Torres Strait. The earliest from Queensland date from 1894 to 1905.
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Propeller toy
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/propeller-toy/Our collection has one wooden toy propeller from Yirrkala in the Northern Territory.
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Leaf games from Yuendumu
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/leaf-game/In Yuendumu in the Northern Territory leaves are used in a leaf game.
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