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There were a great many types of spears, boomerangs and other defence weapons, food sourcing tools and ceremonial implements needed by the many hundreds of tribes across the largest Island Continent on earth, and here is another one.

RAINFOREST SWORD CLUB – USED BY RAINFOREST TRIBES NQ

The Rain Forrest sword club is the largest of all varieties of sword clubs found throughout Australia, The swords were commonly 120cm to 170cm in length, and used in battle and lawful dueling, such as rite of courting and marriage of a particular girl when there was several suitors. Range of the swords was from the Ingham area up to the Bloomfield and West to the Tablelands. The Koko-Yellanji (Gugu-Yalanji) People called the swords worran.

They were made by cutting down a suitable size hard wood tree. A section of the tree about 120 to 170cm was cut off. This was split down the centre and one of the slabs of wood was chipped into shape, a small single handed handle was carved. The handle was wound with handspun bark fibre string and then coated with beeswax resin. The straighter the tree, the straighter and better the sword. If the sword was curved the outer edge was the sharp edge, if the weapon was straight, both edges were sharp and could be used in battle.

Often the blade would be coated with red ochre, fixed to the surface of the wood with blood. These swords were used with one hand stretched over the shoulder, with the sword hanging down the back. The sword was swung forward with a sudden jerk, to strike the enemy. These swords were used only where the highly decorated kidney shaped shields were used. Smaller painted swords and shields were normally used in ceremony and corroborees.

- Source: Aboriginal Australia Display Centre
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