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Part 13 Stone and Gum Working

A man of the Western Desert collects spinifex gum and makes stone tools.
Series : People of the Australian Western Desert | Episode : 13 | Year : 1969 | Total Duration : 24 Minutes | Producer : John Martin-Jones
Director : Ian Dunlop |
Aboriginal man Djungurai walking amongst spinifex grass, pulls up tufts of grass of species that secretes gum. Uses old stump to beat grass. Uses hands to separate grass segments and then places in wooden dish. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126162 | 4 mins 41 secs | 1960s | Spring Granite (Kunapurul), near Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal family sit in shade. Woman passes small baby to older girl whilst she shakes spinifex grass in wooden dish to collect gum. Man Djungurai holds burning bark over grass to melt gum, kneads gum into ball, CU ball of gum. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126163 | 3 mins 24 secs | 1960s | Spring Granite (Kunapurul), near Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Djungurai walks into field of quartz stone. CU quartz on the ground. He selects stone to take back to camp. At camp, he inspects stone then strikes off flakes to use as knife, scraper for his spear thrower and core of stone to be used as chopper. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126164 | 7 mins 13 secs | 1960s | Spring Granite (Kunapurul), near Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aboriginal man Djungurai takes ball of gum made from spinifex grass and places in fire to melt. Takes wad of bush tobacco from behind ear to chew. Man makes handle for knife using gum. Uses gum to mend scraper on his spear thrower. VS tools and gum. Man sharpens spear using scraper and sharpens scraper by flaking with small pebble and biting with his teeth, uses feet as work bench. Puts spears in tree. (Sept/Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126165 | 8 mins 19 secs | 1960s | Spring Granite (Kunapurul), near Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
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