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Crocodile mask from the Torres Strait Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/crocodile-mask-from-the-torres-strait-islands/Turtle shell masks from the Torres Strait Islands.
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The search for the hunting boomerang
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-search-for-the-hunting-boomerang/The good hunting boomerang was developed through brain-storming and experimentation, with prudent eyes seeking universality and balance.
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Toy spears, spearthrowers and targets
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-spears-general/Our collection includes various items that were used both for fun and as training instruments for adult life.
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Weet weets
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/weet-weets-general-/Weet weets were designed to be thrown over long distances, and when thrown, would make hopping movements across the ground.
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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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Dolls
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/indigenous-australian-dolls/Dolls were used for amusement, but also as a way of showing how to care for young children and understand family groupings.
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Rattles
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toys-for-infants/There aren't many records of toys used by infant children in Aboriginal culture.
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Toy Boomerangs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-boomerangs1/There are two toy boomerangs in our collection.
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Bags, baskets and containers
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/bags-baskets-and-containers/Bags, baskets and other small containers were commonly used by children.
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