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Broken kahawai lure, shank remaining. Curved wooden shank with knob at base and notches at head. Paua shell inlay.

Small teka (footrest) from a kō (digging stick). Mid-brown wood. Surface is smooth, with chisel marks visible. One side is sawn flat and there is a perforation in the centre for lashing to the kō. The step platform is slightly curved upward and has decorative notches on the two side edges.

Complete waka huia made from totara. Dark brown in colour. Shape is lenticular; round in cross section. There is a human head figure at each end for suspension, one of which has broken off below the eyes. The exteriors of both the box and lid are carved with a rauru (double spiral) at the centre and diagonal rauponga (ridges and triangular notches) running from the centre line to the edge. The interior sides of both are smooth and undecorated.

Broken bowl, one end and side remaining. Base flat and rectangular in shape. The remaining side has straight low sides that rises at the end to an inverted V projection. There is a longitudinal fragment missing from the remaining side, along the edge towards the base. There are many cracks in the surface. Except for the broken edges, the surface is smooth.

Complete taiaha. Dark brown wood with surface worked smooth. One end has a large head and tongue carving, with a simplistic spiral pattern on the tongue. Blade flattens and flares out, with a lenticular cross-section. Some chips and notches on blade, possibly usewear?

Tokwampini was the messenger in Pukumani mythology. He became a jabiru (native crane) but tokwampini is a common Tiwi name for birds., Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri is a Tiwi artist, born on Melville Island, north of Darwin. He is a printmaker and master carver, known to begin work on his ironwood sculptures with a chainsaw, before finishing them with hand tools and painted details., He said, “My father taught me everything about carving, how to use carving tools, what wood to use and what colours. He was the late great Murrunungumirri (Paddy Freddy)”

Wooden adze haft. Surface is polished smooth. Handle is round in cross section, with a platform at the distal end running perpendicular to the handle. Groove cut in platform with plaited flax tied around and attached to handle.

Complete tewhatewha. The upper edge of the blade is curved, with a slight slope to it. The lower edge of the blade is curved, with a small perforation near the shaft. The cross-section of the upper shaft is lenticular, becoming circular on the lower. The surface of the tewhatewha is fully carved. The blade has a rauru spiral on either side, with partial spirals filling in gaps around the edges. The shaft of the tewhatewha is carved with three haehae followed by a row of pakati in a variety of patterns; alternating linear then curved as it goes down the tewhatewha. Approximately 40cm from the bottom of the tewhatewha there is a carved face with missing paua shell inlay.

Complete tokotoko. The distal portion of the tokotoko is uncarved. Everything above 34cm is finely carved in a variety of patterns. After a section of mixed diagonal and longitudinal carved lines, there are stacked human figures. The lowest two are bilateral carved faces with notched paua shell inlay eyes. The figure at the proximal end is a full standing human figure with two slender legs, ending with carved buttocks and stomach with four fingered hands that meet on the stomach. The arms and chest are carved, as is the face. The eyes are inlaid with notched paua shell. There is a curved handle protruding from the back of the head that curves around and meets the tokotoko again at the back of the shoulders of the figure. There is a final human face here where the handle meets the shoulders that also has inlaid paua shell eyes and long carved lip.

Complete huata or tao (spear). Wooden rod with a smooth, undecorated surface. Tapers to a blunt point at one end and a flattened, bevelled edge on the other end. Carved inscription "NA MANAMA" near the blunt end.

Complete timo (grubber). Made from a single piece of light brown wood, worked to about a 45-degree angled curve. Surface is smooth and polished. Butt of the handle has a ngututa head carved, with double ngututa heads on the exterior edge where the handle meets the blade. Eyes have paua shell inserts. Previously broken at the top of the blade and repaired. Tapered to a blunt point on the distal end.

Ceremonial adze haft, identified as a fake. Dark brown wood with paua shell inlay and a twisted muka cord for lashing. Handle is carved with a geometric pattern of ridges and notches, with a human head carved on the butt. Haft consists of a carved human figure with adze housing situated between rear of legs, grasping a fish to its mouth with both three-fingered hands. Manaia eyes and forehead runs down ridge to base of hafting point. Figures are carved with geometric patterns.

Pair of wooden weaving sticks with sample of twined flax fibre tied between them. The sticks are not identical. One (a) is circular in section, the other (b) slightly oval. Both taper to a point at distal end, stick (a) broken on tip and has grey/brown substance on it. Proximal end is flat. Stick (b) appears to have been chewed and broken. Each has 30mm wide groove, 35mm below end, around, to which is attached the weaving. Coarse muka with 22 rows of double pair twining plus an insert row and commencement row. Commencement and final row have scalloped weft introduced and short pieces of black flax fibre forming decoration.

Pair of wooden weaving sticks with sample of twined flax fibre tied between them. Both weaving sticks taper to a point at distal end, with a groove at the proximal end to which is attached the weaving. One of the sticks is broken at the proximal end. Coarse muka with 8 rows of double pair twining plus an insert row and commencement row. Commencement row has scalloped weft introduced and short pieces of black flax fibre forming decoration.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head. Shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Muka lashings at head and base.

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with paua shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Muka lashings at base and head.

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with knob at base for lashings. Iridescent paua shell inlay. Muka lashings at head and base. Twisted muka cord attached at head. Straight bone point with very prominent internal barb.

Complete kahawai lure. Wooden shank with paua shell inlay. Straight bone point with internal barb. Muka lashings at head and base with twisted cord bundle at head.