Making a wira
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Episode number 14 of Series “People of the Australian western desert (A)”. Djunjurai locates a suitable tree from which to make a small wooden digging dish or wira. He starts on the tree trunk by using the hand chopper he had made, but after a time changes to a metal axe. The raw material for the dish is brought back to camp where he shapes it with an adze.
Credits
- Directed by
- Ian Dunlop
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q123305860 ↗ — year, creator, country, credits
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