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4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, H J Green, Manual of Ceremonial 1935, 1935
Issued by the War Office 31 March 1935Hard covered book of 171 pages plus platesP.643, 6278, 1st District Base Accession No 6278 15 JUN 1936, Amdt entries -
National Wool Museum
Film - Hirst Family Films, Cedric L Hirst, 1950s
Copy of Godfrey Hirst family videos/photograph on CD. Including 1951 floods at Mill. All video content filmed at Godfrey Hirst Woollen Mill, Swanston Street, South Geelong. Godfrey Hirst's children. Family home in Newtown and holiday home in Eastern View.Compact disc (CD) containing colour video footage. Film has no audio content. Visual content outlined below: 00:00 – 00:05 – External view of brick building – Godfrey Hirst & Co. Pty. Ltd. 00:05 – 00:10 – Exterior garden setting, three men in suits with fabrics and object 00:10 – 00:28 – Exterior garden setting showing eight women, most likely on a break from working at the Godfrey Hirst factory. The footage shows them all getting up and walking back towards the building at the end. 00:28 – 00:38 – Exterior garden setting, showing seven men in white shirts and ties seated and standing around a table, turning pages on a folder on the table. 00:38 – 00:52 – Interior factory setting, showing four men in coats handling green and red wool. 00:52 – 1:08 – Three men in suits in an exterior garden setting looking at paperwork. 1:08 – 1:23 – Four men in coats in a garden handling coloured wool samples. 1:23 – 1:42 – Four men in suits in a garden setting handling woven fabric. Two of the men are holding pipes. 1:42 – 1:57 – Interior factory setting showing men operating machinery. 1:57 – 2:05 – Exterior factory setting showing a man driving machinery carting wool bales. 2:05 – 3:14 - Flood scenes, showing the exterior of the Godfrey Hirst building with a man rowing a boat down the street, and a horse and cart in flood waters. There are scenes of flooded streets, exterior of flooded buildings and people standing in flood waters. 3:14 – 3:40 - Interior building views of flood waters in factory with people, machinery, equipment and textiles in flood waters. 3:40 – 4:03 - Exterior views showing a tractor, boat, horse and people in flood waters. 4:03 – 7:02 Exterior setting showing crowds of people watching a fashion parade. The fashion parade is of women in various clothing, including suits jackets, skirts, coats and hats. 7.02 - END"Hirst family films 1936-1964 Incl. Godfrey Hirst and co P/L Woollen mills"geelong, godfrey hirst & co. pty. ltd., family films, factory, flooding, 1950s, wool processing, fashion, textiles, horse and cart, wool bales, transport, machinery, fashion parade, working life -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph, Photographer unknown, c1926
Queenscliffe fishing fleet and panoramaRealismBlack & white photograph of the landward view of moored Couta boats with Queenscliffe beyond c1926.Reverse: "signal station Q'cliffe built 1886 - photo before it was raised on brick base in 1936 - c1926?"queenscliffe, fishing fleet, signal tower -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Functional object - Tankard Crawford
The 20th Light Horse ( Victorian Mounted Rifles ) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizens Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSWThis is one of a collection of tankards presented by officers of a Light Horse Regiment drawn from rural and regional Victoria in the period between the World Wars.Silver plated mug with handle and inscribed on side" 20th Australian Light Horse Officer's Mess. Presented by Lieutenant Crawford A. 1936. On base EPNSAI 10"military, mug, pewter, mess, light horse, victoria, militia -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide, Alan L. Mitchell, 1965
Entrance to Old Building (1936) figure A. Mitchell. Portrait Mr. E. Prescott (Elder) Principal House.alan l. mitchell, burnley gardens -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Financial record - Rent Register, Warrnambool Harbour Board, Warrnambool Harbour Board Rent Register, 1930-1936
Warrnambool Harbour Board The Warrnambool Harbour Board was constituted by Oder of Council in 1928 under the Harbour Board’s Act of 1927. The Board was made up had 7 members 1 from the Government in Council, 3 from the City Council and 3 from the Shire of Victoria. After the functions of the lighthouse keepers ceased, the Lady Bay Assistant Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters, on the western side of the building, wererented out to the public as living quarters.The book is significant for its connection with the Heritage Listed Lady Bay Lighthouse Complex. It is also connected to the community of Warrnambool, and to the Warrnambool Harbour Board.Hard covered ledger book with bound pages and hand written entries. Grey cloth covered back and front covers with spine and corners reinforced with light brown fabric. Book was labelled and printed for use as the Warrnambool Harbour Board Rent Register . Hard covered bound ledger book with hand written entries dated October 1930 to 1936 Rent paid on the Western side of the building previously used as the Assistant Lighthouse Keepers Cottage.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, warrnambool harbour board rent register, lady bay lighthouse complex, lady bay lighthouse keeper's quarters, lighthouse keeper's quarters, assistant lighthouse keeper's quarters, assistant lighthouse keeper, rent paid, record book, rent book, rent register, warrnambool harbour board -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: THE SUN NEWS-PICTORIAL, 22 September 1936
Pages 19, 20, 21 & 22 of the Sun News-Pictorial dated Tuesday, September 22, 1936. It has part of a serial, racing news and a number of pictures spread over pages 20 & 21. One of the pictures is a goods train emerging from the tunnel north of Elphinstone, on the Bendigo line. Another picture is a small child, Kelvin Rodgers who had been to America to have a nail removed from his lung.newspaper, sun news -pictorial, tunnerl scene bendigo railway, foster & wilson collection, the sun news-pictorial 22 sep 1936 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Six Big Home Sites, Camberwell North, c.1936
Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.A subdivision in what is currently Balwyn, but which was advertised as being in Camberwell North. The subdivision included six allotments facing Buchanan Avenue and Houghton Street. The subdivision was to the east of the Pointed Firs Estate (1936). In addition to the intrinsic value of this subdivision plan, it also reveals information about the development of transport infrastructure in this area. The subdivision plan notes that the Tramways Board has approved the extension of the tram route past the current terminus at Balwyn Road.subdivision plans - camberwell -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car), Kodak
Daimler registration 2-690 with a group of nine men at an outdoor location including Rupert Bastin, Wireless Operator, Ron George, Driver and CCP Blamey, circa 1936police vehicles; transport; motor police branch; daimler car; wireless patrol, sir thomas blamey; chief commissioner of police -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SCHOOL PHOTO DAY
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. School photo day: students from grades one to three of Kennington School, No. 3686, in 1936. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Pink receipt, dated Aug 12, 1936. Receipt is for Duty Depart? Mariposa for £36/ Has an orange 2d. New Zealand stemp with a house on it in the top left corner.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, r h s abbott, albrecht & couldrey -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Print - Photograph, 28/08/1935
Albert Thomas Holden was born in 1866 at Geelong, died in 1935 and is buried in Boroondara cemetery. From 1883-84 he taught in Kyneton and became a Methodist lay preacher. He graduated with a B.A. from Ormond College in 1888. He entered the Methodist ministry and worked in Burwood and at the Omeo Home Mission. During 1892 he toured Europe and the Middle East with Rev Bickford. In 1898 Holden was an army chaplain and served South Africa. He became Methodist Chaplain General in 1913. In 1904 Holden became Secretary of Methodist Home Missions and traveled throughout Australia. Holden was General Superintendent of the Methodist Church of Australasia from 1929 - 1932 and then President- General. Holden became a Freemason in 1898. [taken from the Australian Dictionary of Biography]Black and white head and shoulders studio portrait print of Albert T. Holden wearing his clerical collar, sourced from supplement to the Spectator 28/08/1936.REV. A. T. HOLDEN, C.B.E., V.D., B.A., D.D., Ex-President-General Methodist Church of Australasia, Born 21st August 1866, Called Home 20th August, 1935."rev albert thomas holden methodist minister, methodist home missions secretary, victorian fourth contingent (imperial bushmen), methodist chaplain general, general superintendent of the methodist church of australasia, grand master of the grand lodge of freemasons of victoria, australian imperial force -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Bank Book
A School Savings Account Book with the State Savings Bank. Used at Tunstall School No 4190 (now Nunawading Primary School). Used 1936 t0 1938 by Raymond Brash.books, school/educational, commerce, banking -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - GOLDEN SQUARE P.S. LAUREL ST. 1189 COLLECTION: 'THE WAY WE WERE'
Newspaper clippings, three, 'The way we were' series in Bendigo Advertiser. Grade 2 pupils, 1935, grade 3 pupils 1936 and grade 4 pupils 1937.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s. -
Tennis Australia
Newspaper, 4-Jun-36
4 June 1936 issue of the 'Chicago Herald and Examiner', featuring an article about Helen Fulton, and her performance at the Chicago City Tennis Tournament. Materials: Ink, Papertennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - NORM GILLIES COLLECTION: WEEKLY WAGES LEGDER
Bendigo Preserving Company Weekly Wages Ledger between 5th February 1936 to 10th May 1939 5th Feb 1936: 39 males & 102 females weeks wages £317 10s 7p 10th May 1939: 35 males & 28 females weeks wages £191 4s 10p a-c book d frontice page - attached Amalgamated Food Reserving Employees Union of Australia sheets e-h weeks wages 5/02/1936 (first entry) i-k weeks wages 10/05/1936 (last entry) l-m & q rear pages n-p years wages spreadsheet ending 30th June 1939 (over three loose pages) (scannedd nn-pp) r years wages statement issued to Mrs F. Mottram 14th july 1939 for £82 11s 11p (scanned rr)nil -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Tatura Coursing Club, 2001
1936 photos of Victorian Waterloo Cup from "The Australian" 25 July 1936.photograph, people -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 4, 1960s
Yields information about the use of the Jelbart road roller by the Ballarat Tramways and the sale of a unit to the City of Ballarat.Set of documents concerning the Ballarat Jelbart Bros road roller that the SEC had purchased. .1 - Photocopy of part copy of a letter between Jelbart Bros and the City of Ballarat, dated 24/7/1923 concerning the purchase of a roller, guarantee and withholding a sum of money. Below the letter is an image of a roller with the name "Ballarat Electrical Tramways" written on it. .2 - Reproduction of a photograph of the roller pre 1936, working on tram track. The roller has the words "Ballarat Electric Tramways" painted on the side of it. Location not known, possibly Victoria St. The building in the background does not exist any more. .3 - Reproduction of a photograph of the roller at Sturt and Lydiard Streets c1969 - see also Reg Item. 3743 .4 - Reproduction a photograph of 8 road/workers (working on a footpath or crossing) holding shovels or picks. Date unknown. .1 - in folded 11, photos in folder 83 Printed on Kodak XtralifeII paper. See the June 2010 issue of Fares Please! for an article written by Colin Holmes on Jelbart and the Ballarat roller.In pencil on rear of each photograph: .2 - "Ballarat Electrical Tramways on LHS of Roller Jelbart, pre 1936. Colin Holmes." .3 - "Ballarat PO Corner Jelbart Roller SEC. Colin Holmes" .4 - "Not to be viewed by younger members. Colin Holmes"trams, tramways, jelbart, secv, sturt st, road works, trackwork -
Federation University Historical Collection
Award - Shield, Senior Technical Schools Athletics Association Herald Shield, 1918-1940, c1918
The Senior Technical Schools Athletics Association ‘Herald Shield’ is one of many timber and metal repoussé commissions undertaken by students and staff at the Ballarat Technical Art School. The School was known for the quality of its art metal work which was applied to product, interior and commemorative designs. Between 1915 and 1936 Wilfred Kenneth (c1883-1957) taught boys and girls at preparatory and senior levels, including the ‘Art Metal Work and Repoussé’ industrial design specialisation. During World War I, Kenneth oversaw the training of repatriated soldiers which catalysed into a new, a successful art metal business, the Decorative Metal Craft Company in Chancery Lane, Ballarat. The shield was given by the proprietors of The Herald.Timber and metal repousse shield listing winning teams from 1918-1940. 1918 - Ballarat 1919 - Ballarat 1920 - Working Men's College Melbourne (now RMIT) 1921 - No contest 1922 - Swinburne 1923 - Ballarat 1924 - Ballarat 1925 - Ballarat 1926 - Ballarat 1927 - Geelong 1928 - Maryborough 1929 - Bendigo 1930 - Bendigo 1931 - Working Man's College 1932 - Wonthaggi 1933 - M.T.C. 1934 - Ballarat 1935 - Ballarat 1936 - Ballarat 1937 - No Contest 1938 - Ballarat 1939 - Ballarat 1940 - Geelong Above list engraved into metalherald shield, athletics, working mans college, rmit, ballarat school of mines, trophy, commission, art metal, repousse, ballarat technical art school, wilfred kenneth -
Vision Australia
Text, RVIB Myrtleford Auxiliary, 1936 - 2001
The Myrtleford RVIB Auxiliary formed in 1936. This small collection contains index cards which were maintained by RVIB and contain the amount of donations made by the Auxiliary between 1976 -1994 as well as the presentations delivered by RVIB employees to Auxiliary meetings between 1978 - 1985. Correspondence to and from RVIB head office ranging between 1990 -2001. Letters -- index cards and various loose papers royal victorian institute for the blind -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT, INCLUDING GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS 1936
Handwritten notes from the Annual Report, including Gold & Mineral Statistics, 1936. Mentioned are the London price of gold and the equivalent local price, No of batteries, Abandonned Mining Shafts, Cost of making the shafts safe, Inspection of boilers and the no condemmed, No of First and Second Class e'driver Certificates issued ofr 1935 and 1936, Alluvial and quartz gold yields for the Bendigo District, men employed in mining, Accidents and development at the Central Nell Gwynne.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, annual report including gold & mineral statistics 1936, state batteries, central nell gwynne -
Clunes Museum
Document (item) - EXERCISE BOOK, Clunes Brownie Pack
Exercise books of the 1st Clunes Brownie Pack1st clunes brownie pack, mary mcdonald, song book for sixes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: MEMORIES
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Memories grade four pupils from Violet Street Primary School in 1936. ''Friends then, friends forever''. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PIEPER COLLECTION: INVOICE BENDIGO BUTTER FACTORY
Invoice issued by Bendigo Butter FActory, Bendigo to Mr. C.O. Pieper, Inglewood, dated July 31st, 1936. Receipt 2756 attached. Invoice for 50 lb lots of butter.bendigo, business, bendigo butter factory -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - W.D.MASON COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1934
Document, W.D.Mason Collection, newspaper cuttings about an explosion at The Bendigo Base Hospital in 1934.Copy of Argus article (Melbourne, Vic 1848-1957) Thursday 25 June 1936.business, retail, w d mason -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - The Weekly Times Pictorial
The Weekly Times Pictorial collection covering mainly the years 1935/1936. Also, one issue from 1928 and several from 1937. Part of the Aileen and John Ellison collection.australiana, the weekly times pictorial -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Photograph - Joan Martin (Meyer) on skis, 1936
MEYER COLLECTION - FALLS CREEK PHOTOS In 1947 a determined group of like-minded State Electricity Commission (SEC) staff including Ray Meyer, the chief surveyor of the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme, had a common interest that revolved around the skiing potential of the snow-covered high plains which included what is now the resort of Falls Creek. The six SEC employees, Toni St Elmo, Ray Meyer, Jack Minogue, Lloyd Dunn, Adrian Ruffenacht and Dave Gibson (together with their families) banded together to secretly build a 'hut' that was the first ski lodge at Falls Creek. Using a road built in 1930s to gain access to Falls Creek, their hut project was carried out in secret as efforts by other skiers were blocked by H.H.C. Williams – the engineer in charge of the Hydro Scheme. In 1946 Ray Meyer made a trip to the Lands Office in Melbourne. He came away with a 99-year lease on three acres that was ideally suited for a hut designed by Lloyd Dunn. Adrian Ruffenacht (Design Engineer for the KHS) had suggested where the group should build because of easy access to a spring for water. Much of the building material required was scavenged from derelict huts on the high plains. Due to the need for secrecy, the determined group worked on the hut in the evenings and weekends to avoid detection. During the building period the group had met at Echidna Rock (now known as Eagle Rock) where Skippy St Elmo announced, "This is my favourite ‘Skyline’.” And so the first lodge in the area at Falls Creek Ski Resort came into existence. With the development of the International Poma in the 1970s, the Skyline Lodge, which was sited between the ski-lift’s pole one and pole two, was demolished. However, the legacy of Ray Meyer, Toni St Elmo, Jack Minogue, Lloyd Dunn, Adrian Ruffenacht and Dave Gibson and Skyline lives on in the vibrant atmosphere of Falls Creek Resort. The MEYER COLLECTION documents developments on the Kiewa Hydro Scheme and their life at Falls Creek from the mid 1930s to 1960s.This image is significant because it depicts aspects of the life of a pioneering family of Falls Creek and the founders of "Skyline", the first lodge at Falls Creek.A black and white image of Joan Martin (later Meyer) on the first day she skied. Taken on the Omeo Road, Dinner Plain in 1936. Joan was then aged 20 years old.falls creek, victorian snowfields, dinner plain, joan martin, joan meyer -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Canterbury Postal History, 1/08/1988 12:00:00 AM
A history of Canterbury postal services compiled by Australia Post. Includes a covering letter, a list of Postmasters - Postmistresses from 1892 - 1936 and some postal statistics for the period 1906 - 1910.canterbury, maling road, canterbury road, canterbury post office, postal services, australia post, statistics, o'grady> carol -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Mont Victor Hill Estate, 1936
Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.A preliminary plan for the Mont Victor Hill subdivision of 1936 which included 23 allotments bordering the Rimington Nursery in Mont Victor Road. The subdivision created allotments in Victor Avenue, Heather Grove and Burke Road. Bisecting the Estate and clearly marked on the plan is the Railway Reserve which at this stage was all that remained of the Outer Circle Railway. The auctioneers note on the plan that the subdivision was made possible by the order of Messrs S. H. Bennet & H. Wright, the executors of the Wills of S. Bennett & E. Foreman.mont victor hill estate, subdivision plans - kew -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Weapon - Blow pipe, Mah Meri, c. 1936
Used by the Mah Meri people, Kuala Langat, Selangor (Malaysia), 1936. While Malaysian, this blow-gun is analogous to that used by Indigenous groups from South America with curare. The gun is of bamboo, with a highly polished inner tube of the same. The darts are reeds, made directional by knobs of a tudor wood, with poison made from the ipoh tree and the Strychnos vine The blowpipe examined in this report consists of a long bamboo tube with engraved floral motifs on the outside and a second bamboo tube inside. The mouthpiece is attached to the inner tube and the whole piece can be removed from the outer casing. There is a quiver, filled with darts, a small poisons receptacle, and a single dart and hollow bamboo tube, stored outside the quiver. The objects were donated as a whole to the museum in 1948 by Dr Thomas Edward Marshall. The engravings on the outer case originate from the Mah Meri community in Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. The floral ‘motif is of a vine with small incisions to reflect the properties/identity of the plant (poisonous/harmful)’. These motifs are generally handed down through the generations and can be used for kinship identification. They are also believed to enhance the performance of the blowpipe. The outer casing is made up of several pieces of bamboo fused together. Broken or damaged blowpipes were not discarded. Broken sections of a pipe could be removed and replaced as required, and the observably different bamboo sections suggest this has taken place at some point. Sap from the perah tree is used to seal or glue the pieces together and the glue is reversible by heating. The Mah Meri created a poison from the ipoh tree for use in hunting. The poison acted swiftly to kill the animal and did not result in secondary poisoning. The way in which the Mah Meri hunted is analogous with other blowpipe hunting practices elsewhere in the world. Blowpipe hunting practices represent a starting point for the introduction of standardised muscle relaxants into surgery during the 20th Century. In parts of South America, plant poisons were used to tip the darts and kill prey. These poisons are known as curare. The crucial ingredient in curare was Chondrodendron tomentosum root. Raw curare formed the basis for Intocostrin, the first standardised, mass produced muscle relaxant. The introduction of muscle relaxants dramatically changed surgery, allowing for more precise surgery and better patient outcomes. Bamboo blowpipes can be found in many museum and heritage collections, particularly those with strong colonial origins or influence. Blowpipes from Borneo seem to be well represented, along with those from Guyana. Blowpipes from Malaysia appear to be less common. More research is required to establish the rarity or representativeness of the blowpipe. Ownership of the blowpipe can be traced back from the museum to Dr Thomas Marshall. It has also been established the blowpipe’s point of origin is among the Mah Meri people of Kuala Langat, near Kuala Lumpur. There is no information regarding the way in which Marshall came into possession of the blowpipe. Provenance cannot be fully established. Despite these difficulties, the blowpipe represents a full set of hunting implements. It is accompanied by a quiver, also decorated with a floral motif, a set of bamboo darts, and a poison receptacle. The quiver also has a waist strap which enabled the owner to strap it to themselves, preventing its loss while hunting. Each object within the set is in good condition, although the inner tubing is beginning to split lengthwise and should not be removed from its outer casing. While the blowpipe and accompanying objects are not of South American origin, the techniques and poisons used are analogous and this object has high interpretative capacity. Hollow bamboo blowpipe with mouthpiece at one end. Two different types of organic fibre have been used at difference points along the shaft to secure different segments of the blowpipe. The item consists of two tubes a thin and unpolished inner tube that has degraded and can no longer be removed, and a polished and decorated outer casing. The outer casing is made up of different sections of polished bamboo, some pieces have developed a deep red hue which is likely the result of prolonged polishing and regular heating over many years, other sections are a lighter yellow indicating that they are newer pieces of bamboo. The entire outer tube is covered in a varied sequence of genomic patterns. The exact meaning of these patterns is unknown however they are passed down through family lineage, the exact family of origin is unknown. Connected to the mouthpiece if it is removed from the inner casing is a piece of cloth with the numbers 2241 written in black ink, their purpose is unknown.curare, malaysia, bamboo