Message Stick Raw Wood
Message Stick Raw Wood
Please find below a collaborations of links on message sticks.
https://theconversation.com/what-are-message-sticks-senator-lidia-thorpe-continues-a-long-and-powerful-diplomatic-tradition-147674
https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/australasia-museums/australian-museums/museums-of-sydney/australian-museum/aboriginal-message-stick/
https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2012/11/06/message-sticks-rich-ways-of-weaving-aboriginal-cultures-into-the-australian-curriculum/
https://www.une.edu.au/connect/news/2021/09/race-to-decode-aboriginal-message-sticks
A message stick is a form of communication traditionally used by Indigenous Australians. … Traditionally, message sticks were passed between different clans and language groups to establish information and transmit messages. They were often used to invite neighbouring groups to corroborees, set-fights and ball games. Shape, wood varieties and colours vary.
Sizes range from 20-30 cm L & 5-6 cm W
Made in Australia by Aboriginal people.
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Mini Clapsticks for Dot Art Painting
Set of 5 Clapsticks ready for the children to dot paint. They make great gifts for the children to give to parents.
Clapsticks, also spelt clap sticks and also known as bilma, bimli, clappers, musicstick or just stick, are a traditional Australian Aboriginal instrument. They serve to maintain rhythm in voice chants, often as part of an Aboriginal ceremony.
100% Authentic Aboriginal Art Mini Clapsticks An Aboriginal music stick used to clap together in unison to the Didgeridoo. It was made and crafted from native timbers and traditionally played during “Corroboree” or ceremony.
Size 7 cm L
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Mini Emu Caller for Dot Painting
The one on show depicts what they look like once the children have painted them!
This is an Aboriginal hunting tool used to attract emus. Banging the smaller hollow end with the flat of their hand produced an unusual sound that aroused the emu's curiosity and lured it away from the nest so that the Aborigines could safely steal the emu eggs. Made the same way as a didgeridoo.
Made by Aboriginal people residing in NSW
Size :between 3-4 cm L
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Set 5 blank 25cm Boomerangs
A boomerang is a thrown tool, typically constructed as a flat airfoil, that is designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight. A returning boomerang is designed to return to the thrower. It is well-known as a weapon used by some Aboriginal Australian peoples for hunting. Wikipedia.
100% Authentic Aboriginal Art. Set of 5 Blank boomerangs for the children to decorate, these make great gifts for the children to give to parents .
Size:26 L x 5 W
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Set 5 Snake Blanks for Dot Painting
100% Authentic Aboriginal Art. Set of 5 Blank snakes for the children to decorate, these make great gifts for the children to give to parents . Size 15 cm L
In the Dreamtime, the Rainbow Serpent helped the world along with rain. At the beginning of time, the Rainbow Serpent awoke from its sleep and pushed through the Earth's crust. As it travelled over the empty land, it left behind deep tracks. The Rainbow Serpent called to the frogs to come out from beneath the earth. It tickled the frogs' bellies, and when they laughed, water poured out from their open mouths. The water filled the Rainbow Serpent's deep tracks, making rivers and lakes. Slowly, grass began to grow. Then all kind of creatures in Australia – birds, lizards, snakes, kangaroos, koalas, and dingoes – woke up and took their places on the earth.[
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