Making a wira

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

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q123305860 ↗ — year, creator, country, credits