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Grindstones
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/grindstones/

Fragments of grinding stones dating back 30,000 years to late in the Pleistocene Epoch have been found at Cuddie Springs in western NSW.

Kalti Paarti: Carved emu eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/

Emu egg carving first became popular in the mid to late nineteenth century.

Dance boards by Emma Nungarrayi, 1970s and 1980s
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/dance-boards-by-emma-nungarrayi-1970s-and-80s/

Dance boards by Emma Nungarrayi, 1970s and 1980s

Crocodile Mask from the Torres Strait- E017339
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-crocodile-mask-from-torres-strait-e17339/

In the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks were worn for rituals and ceremonies. Masks represented ancestors and associated totems, frequently the crocodile.

The Hedley and McCulloch Collection: Torres Strait 1907
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-headley-and-mcculloch-collection-torres-strait-1907/

Between 29 August and 4 October 1907 Charles Hedley and Alan R. McCulloch collected 167 objects, mostly from Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait.

Spinning top from Cape York, pre-1900
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-spinning-top-from-cape-york-pre-1900/

Aboriginal toys in the collection include theses spinning top from northern Queensland.

Survival and revival of the string figures of Yirrkala
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/survival-and-revival-of-the-string-figures-of-yirrkala/

String figures, or Matjka-wuma, are patterns or designs made on the hands with a loop of string.

Leilira blades from Arnhem Land
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/leilira-blades-from-arnhem-land/

These are five long stone blades with sharp edges, known by archaeologists as Leilira blades.

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.

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.