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Part 6 Spear Making - Boy's Spear Fight

Two separate sequences feature a man of the Western Desert demonstrating spear making and his sons playing with toy spears.
Series : People of the Australian Western Desert | Episode : 6 | Year : 1966 | Total Duration : 9 Minutes | Producer : John Martin-Jones
Director : Ian Dunlop |
Aboriginal man Minma walking across outback plain to select acacia tree to make spear from. He cuts away branches of tree with axe then makes fire in which he heats the selected branch. Uses sand on his hands to hold branch whilst straightening it with feet. Man pulls of peeling bark and then uses axe to cut off rough edges and sharpen tip to a spear point. Uses the soles of his feet as workbench while cutting. (May 1965)
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Access No. 126049 | 7 mins 2 secs | 1960s | Tika Tika, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Two aboriginal boys (one toddler, one older) playing with toy spears made from branches. They laugh and wipe away flies as they throw spears at one another in the desert. (May 1965)
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Access No. 126050 | 1 min 27 secs | 1960s | Tika Tika, Warburton Mission area, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
National Film and Sound Archive - Australia