KXPLANAT10N OF PLATE LV1U. 



Fig. 1. Fish spear, the distal end, or head, exhibiting grooves to receive 



the basal ends of two of the thrte prongs — Welhsley Islands. 

 ,, 2. Portion ot the shaft of the s;une spear (tig. 1) showing the method 



of scarfing the two portions of the shaft. 

 ,, 3. Method of binding-oil the barb with twine, ending in a plain 



looping below.— Pennefather River. 

 ,, 4. Multiple Bting-ray-barbed spear, the barbs placed one behind the 



other. — Bloomfield River. 

 ,, 5. Single sting-ray-pointed spear. — Cape Bedford, Princess Charlotte 



Hay, Bloomfield ami Middle Palmer Rivers. 

 ,, b\ Multiple stingray-pointed spear. — Same localities as fig. 5. 

 ,, 7. Multiple pronged fish spear, four prongs, each with a single 



barb. — Name localities as figs. 5 and b'. 

 ,, 8. Single acicular spear, with two barbs added at some distance from 



the tip. — Rockhampton District. 

 ,, 9. Distal end of spear mounted with quartz flakes on both sides. — 



bame localities as figs. 5-7. 

 ,, 10. Acicular spear with the barbs (fig. 8) replaced by a "girdle." — 



Glenroy, Upper Fitzroy River. 

 ,, 11. Spear, with flattened and expanded head, bearing four barbs on 



each side below. — Westwood. 

 ,, 1 2. A rather similar spear to Fig. 11, with five barbs on one side. — 



Westwood. 

 ,, 13. Acicular spear with non-flattened head, and one cut-out barb. — 



Marlborough District. 

 ,, 14. Primitive wommera, in the form of a hooked stick. — Wellesley 



Islands, etc. 

 ,, 15. Wommera, with haft formed of two oval pieces of Meh or pera 



shell. — Pennefather River. 

 ,, 16. Distal end of pera wommera, with the blade head split for the 



reception of the peg. 

 ,, 17. Distal end of iron-wood wommera, with a long peg fixed on by 



tendon passing through two holes in the latter, and two others 



correspondingly drilled through the blade. — Middle Palmer and 



Laura Rivers. 

 ,, IS. Distal extremity showing the back of the long peg in fig. 17 



exposed tree of the cement covering. 

 ,, 19. Distal end of iron- wood wommera, showing the peg tied on with 



tendon through two holes drilled in the blade only. — Cape 



Bedford, Bloomfield River, and Butcher's Hill. 

 ,, '20. A more complete example of fig. 1'J, exhibiting the final cement 



covering of the back of the p^g. 

 ., 2i. Haftless handle of the same wommera (figs. 19, 20). 

 .. 22. Handles or proximal end of the same wommera (figs. 19-21), 



hatted with two oval pieces of Melo shell fixed on with beeswax. 

 ,, '2.3. A further i lification (tigs. 19-22), with a thin lath bent on itself 



at the proximal eud. 

 ,, '1\. Moon-shaped haftless wommera. — Bloomfield River. 



