EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIX. 



Fig. 1. Method of cutting a boomerang from a flange on the butt of a 



tree. — Card well, etc. 

 ,, 2. Boomerang, with double bend, <>r " two knees." — Mackay District. 

 ,, 3. Boomerang with bend, or 'knee," close to the proximal extremity. 



— Rockhampton District (except in its southern portion). 

 ,, 4. Boomerang, with a more or less acute angle at the knee.— 



Normanton and Gulf Coast. 

 ,, 5. Boomerang, with only a slightly perceptible curve. 

 ,, 6. Method of cutting out the pi-kan shield from the buttress of a 



tree. — Lower Tully River. 

 ,, 7. .Section of the pi-kan shield after removal from the tree buttress, 



with the surface chopped away, except at the centres of the two 



faces. 

 ,, 8-10. Decorative motive on the fronts, or kananja of pi-kan shields 



(cross-hatching, left to right, red ; close-dotting, yellow ; 



double-dashes, red dots or splashes). 



