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the base. It is without carving of any description, wholly coloured, 

 of much rougher workmanship, the knob at the end of the handle 

 merely a ball of gum, and the peg and lashing at the distal end 

 washed with white pipeclay pigment. The third example is three 

 feet five and three-quarter inches in length, and two inches wide 

 at the base. It is wholly coloured red, and the handle carved, 

 but the carving extends a much shorter distance up the blade 

 than in Mr. Brown's. 



As I have before said, the only illustration in any way 

 approached by this weapon is one of the two womerahs from 

 " South Australia " given by Knight. The blade is very slightly 

 curved, the cut-out portion of the handle very short, no carving, 

 and the ball end of the handle circular and without sculpture. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



Fig. 1. — Upper surface of womerah. 

 Fig. 2. — Handle; edge view. 

 Fig. 3. — Peg end ; edge view. 



(All the figures mucli reduced.) 



