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(d) Cut out on the same general lines as the common barkal, but having the distal end fissured into two, three (Fig.55) or four prongs. They It varies from 28½ to 31 in. in length. called [called is written in red ink] Tambara, or yambara.
(e) The distal extremity is in the shape of a more or less beak-like projection (Fig.56); sometimes there may be two (Fig.57) of these 'beaks' opposite to one another while occasionally there may be found an intermediate third or fourth. When decorated, the implement often has the beaks coloured white, and the intervening bases raddled. called [called is written in red ink] Yu-lun.
(f) a form made apparently only by the Karun-burra Blacks of the Upper Fitzroy River etc., but not within recent years. As compared with the commonest type, the "head" is defined from the shaft by a distinct ledge, and its tip tapers far more abruptly (Fig.58). A specimen which I obtained in 1897** was 26½ in. long.
[A drawing presumably of the weapon being described, is drawn in the right margin Fig 63. It is a long flat shape with a curved end and a small handle that looks as if might only be held with one hand]
]. (g) The distal extremity is in the form of a curve flattened from side to side. and It is said to have been cut from the flange of a tree, and was called a bi'- teran (Fig.59).*** At Glenroy, a selection on the upper Fitzroy River [iver has been added in red ink] in Karun-burra country I obtained a variety of this weapon having the curve sharply bent, and a couple of deep nicks cut into its extreme convex edge (Fig.60):**** the handle marks were of a regular diamond pattern.
In regard to the above varieties of nulla, all save (f) K were met with, or records concerning them obtained, throughout the Rockhampton District, except at Kepple Island, at Gladstone, and Miriam Vale: at the two last-mentioned localities. (d) (e) and (f) were not recognised, while on the Keppels, only (a) proved to be familiar.
29. At Brisbane * the nullas were made out of iron-bark, and from saplings, they were all painted black, similar to the Rockhampton types: the tabri [burra] (a), for fighting and hunting, the mur (f) for fighting***, a weapon similar to (c) for fighting at close quarters, and the bakkan (g) for killing by a blow on the back of the head.
* note from Mr T Petrie **
and now in the Brisbane (Q) Museum.
*** This is the "Rendi" type -- See Lumholtz - among Cambril[?]
2 figs.; Etheridge - Internat. , Archiv Ethnographia, x., 1897, pl. III, p.[?]34
* The "Langul" type - See Etheridge,
loc.
int. pl.,iii , fig.b (Id)