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Crocodile Mask from the Torres Strait- E017339
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-crocodile-mask-from-torres-strait-e17339/In the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks were worn for rituals and ceremonies. Masks represented ancestors and associated totems, frequently the crocodile.
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Kalti Paarti: Carved emu eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/Kalti Paarti is the practice of emu egg carving that depicts rich visual history through commemorating First Nations traditions and connection to animals and the land.
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Bark stingray toys
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/bark-stingray-toys/Our collection includes two toys made from bark, cut in the shape of a stingray.
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Toy 'kundi kundi'
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-kundi-kundi/In our collection is a toy called a kundi kundi, which is from Boulia in Queensland
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Spinning tops
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/spinning-topsgeneral/We have 15 spinning tops in our collection from Queensland and the Torres Strait. The earliest from Queensland date from 1894 to 1905.
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Propeller toy
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/propeller-toy/Our collection has one wooden toy propeller from Yirrkala in the Northern Territory.
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Leaf games from Yuendumu
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/leaf-game/In Yuendumu in the Northern Territory leaves are used in a leaf game.
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The Hedley and McCulloch Collection: Torres Strait 1907
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-headley-and-mcculloch-collection-torres-strait-1907/Between 29 August and 4 October 1907 Charles Hedley and Alan R. McCulloch collected 167 objects, mostly from Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait.
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Bayala Nura: Yarning Country
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/bayala-nura-yarning-country/Celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through a rich diversity of objects and fascinating stories of living culture.
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Garrigarrang: Sea Country
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/garrigarrang-sea-country/From the Sydney Basin to Torres Strait, discover and celebrate the rich cultures of Australia’s Salt Water People, who for tens of thousands of years have lived and flourished on Garrigarrang nura – sea country.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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