Barter
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Cultural Groups
Document Details
Date
1908 - 1880
Letter From
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Letter To
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Author
Howitt, Mr Alfred William
Country
Australia
Colony/State
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Holding Institution
Museums Victoria
Collection Name
Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number
XM 549
Medium
Notes
Region
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Locality
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Summary
Content relates largely to the Yuin group. Note discusses trade of objects and raw materials 'at a kind of market' following the end of the Bunan 'before the different lots of people return to their own localities'. Traded items include fighting boomerangs, jagged wood pointed spears, shields, clubs, spearthrowers, possum rugs, bags, and yamsticks, amongst other things.
Physical Description
Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. One foolscap sheet; one page. Sub-heading in margin 'Yuin'. Condition: foxing.
