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straightening and bending etc as required, blacked ^ all over
in the fire by the same [means?]
^ and finally hardened the point [in the fire?]. This
letters pilar was made from 9 to 10 feet long, and used for
fighting at close quarters. Sometimes odd ones were
very nearly through two
nicked about ^ inches from the tip. for some fellow
they had a special 'down' on, so that when stuck
in, it would break off and remain behind. At
other occasions one or two Stingaree [Stingray?] barbs might
be stuck on with bees'wax and twine for a similar
purpose.
(b) the Kannai was made from a young sapling
of a certain scrub-wood, chosen to about the size
required, the bark just be scraped off, and then
and
pointed. Used for fighting and hunting ^ Just
before a fight, bundles of these would be collected
from the scrubs. It was blacked all over in the
and
fire, as in the case of the pilar ^ hardened at the
[do?] point, the last 12 inches [?] or so of which was
finally scraped quite white; this was to enable
one to see it coming when thrown. Some times the
tip might be left blunted and [?], when three or four
would
[do?] prongs, each from 6 to 7 inches long [might?] be
attached to it, the weapon being then used for pur
poses of fishing.
(c) the rose-wood timber spears, not manufactured
here but bartered from the Ipswich Blacks, were
also called pilar, and used [for?] similarly for
fighting at close quarters.
in
8. Spear throwers (wommeras) were absent [on] the
Eastern coastal districts extending from Townsville
to Rockhampton, and were unknown in Brisbane
but
(T.Petrie), ^ they were present in the area around
what is now Charters Towers. In their most primi
(Fig 24)
/ [tick] tive form of a hooked stick ^ they are met with
in the Willesley [?] Island and neighbouring mainland.