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Gum Preparation, Stone Flaking - Djagamara Leaves

Shows gum collection in the desert from spinifex grass. Back in camp it is melted onto a stick over a fire. Next shows the making of a stone blade by flaking fragment of chaldoncy with a hammerstone.

More in People of the Australian Western Desert Series

  1. Cooking Kangaroo 1965
  2. Fire Making 1965
  3. Gum Preparation, Stone Flaking - Djagamara Leaves 1965
  4. Old Campsites At Tika Tika 1965
  5. Seed Cake Making And General Camp Activity 1965
  6. Spear Making - Boy's Spear Fight 1965
  7. Spear Thrower Making, Including Stone Flaking And Gum Preparation 1965
  8. Spinning Hair String - Getting Water From Well, Binding Girl's Hair 1965
  9. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 1 - Seed Cake Making And General Camp 1969
  10. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 10 - Cooking Kangaroo 1969
  11. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 2 - Gum Preparation, Stone Flaking, 1969
  12. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 3 - Sacred Boards And An Ancestral Site 1969
  13. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 5 - Old Camp Sites At Tika Tika 1969
  14. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 6 - Spear Making, Boys Spear Fight 1969
  15. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 7 - Spear - Thrower Making, Including 1969
  16. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 8 - Fire Making 1969
  17. People Of The Australian Western Desert, Pt 9 - Spinning Hair String, Getting Water 1969

Related films

Sources

  1. A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, description
  2. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — sound, catalog record

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