Spencer, B: Guide to the Australian Ethnological Collection

Excerpt from Guide to the Australian Ethnological Collection Exhibited in the National Museum of Victoria

In consequence of the peculiar interest which attaches to the Australian aborigines a special gallery has been devoted to the exhibition of their weapons, implements, and cere monial Objects. These have been arranged so as to show, as far as possible, series Of objects belonging to tribes from the various parts Of the continent. For example, the forms of shields used in different tribes are shown in one case, boomerangs in another, sacred and ceremonial Objects in another.

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