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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/

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.

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.