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of it, broken near one of the balls, used as a brush to paint with. 



Food- or Watek-bowl, Fari. — Large, made of wood. 



Food- ok Watkr-bowl, Moya (PL 16). — This is made of thin 

 mallee bark, which is gathered up at the ends and tied with bast. 

 To accomplish this, I think the bark requires sweating in order 

 to make it pliable, as the green bark is rather brittle, and would 

 surely crack if the bending of it were attempted without some 

 preparation. 



ETCHiNCiS, Worma (PI. 16). — These etchings on the inside of 

 thin mallee bark are made with a hard sharp stick (Balgerri) 

 when the bark is green. The air discolors the scratchings, which 

 become yet more visible through the gummy sap accumulating in 

 them, and coagulating into minute globules. 



Haib-twist, Kdda namha. — This is made of human hair and 

 very strong. Used for tying up the 

 the body as a belt. 



lair and for winding round 



7. MURCHISON" DISTRICT TRIBE. 



Spear, Kulha. — A plain thin kind with a single barb. 

 Spear-thro WEB, Mero (PL 14, figs. 3 and 4). — These are of the 

 general style, as found near Fraser Kange, but much more care- 

 fully made. The underside is convex and smooth, but the upper 

 flat, and generally very neatly carved, and covered with ochre. 



BooMEEANG, KaiU ('I). — I saw both the smaller curved and 

 larger less-bent kind, but none of those seen were proportionately 

 so well finished as their other weapons. 



Chisel, % (PL 14, fig. 5). — Excellently made as a rule, 

 and regularly corrugated the full length from tlie handle. 



Thbowing STICK, % (PL 14, figs. 6 and 7). — These are always 

 always made of very carefully-selected wood that will never show 

 the smallest rupture afterwards. They are notched at the handle 

 and either smooth or fluted. 



\ % (PL 14, fig. 8). — The use of this peculiar im- 



plement I am unable to give. It is nearly two feet six inches 

 long, rather thin, convex at the back, and flattish on the carved 

 side. Originally it may have been intended for a Yilbar (al- 

 though of extraordinary size), but was left unfinished for some 

 reason, as it has not the necessary hole. For a weapon it is too 

 light. The carving is scarcely as good as is generally found on 

 other implements. 



Bull-roarer, Yilbar, Kundain (PL 17) — The series of these 

 vary from 10 to 29 inches in lengtli, and from one and seven- 

 eighth to three inches in width. All are more or less convex at 

 the back and flat in front, elliptical, with a blunt edge all round. 

 Each of them is carved in front with a different design, varying 

 in accuracy of execution. The longest specimen is an abnormal 



