AceHistoryDesk – There are six main types of Aboriginal weapons that aboriginal people used. These are spears, spear throwers, clubs, shields, boomerangs, and sorcery.

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Aboriginal Weapons

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Many aboriginal weapons are for hunting as well as warfare. A boomerang or spear-thrower used for hunting game could also be used in fighting. Shields and clubs were for warfare.

Aboriginal weapons are collectible. Some can be quite valuable. Collectible value depends on age rarity condition and beauty.

I collect Aboriginal Weapons. If you want to Sell an aboriginal weapon please feel free to contact me. I would love to see it.

There is a vast variation in size, form, decoration, and function of Australian Aboriginal Weapons. This variation reflects the social and cultural diversity of Aboriginal people. Australian Aboriginals had over 200 languages.

In some regions, large boomerangs were the preferred weapon. In other areas, clubs and parrying shields more popular. Many weapons also had ceremonial uses.

Aboriginal Weapons Spears

Spears are normally saplings or vines. A wooden barb or stone spear tip attached using kangaroo sinew or spinifex resin. The opposite end tapered to fit onto a spear thrower. When completed the spear is probably between 2.5 and 3 meters long.

Most aboriginal spears were made for use with a spear thrower.

The majority of aboriginal spears are not very collectible. They do not display well. There are however some notable exceptions. On the Tiwi Islands, the spear has become a ceremonial object. It the most collectible type of aboriginal spear. 

The Torres Strait is the only part of Australia to have used a bow and arrow. Anthropomorphic arrows from the Torres Strait are very collectible.

Aboriginal Weapons Boomerangs

Many boomerangs were predominantly for hunting game. Some boomerangs were specifically for Warfare. Most noteworthy is the number 7 or killer boomerang from Central Australia. The design is to hook onto opponents parrying shield and swing in behind it.

The Lake Eyre fighting boomerangs can be up to 2 meters long are for close quarters combat.

In the Kimberley of Western Australia, the boomerang was the predominant projectile weapon.

There are 12 main categories of the Aboriginal boomerang. These are covered more in a separate article.

Some boomerangs are far more collectible than others. Rare forms of the boomerang and those with great designs are most sort after.

Aboriginal Axe

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Aboriginal Axes were not made as weapons but could be used as one if the situation demanded. Axes were predominantly used for cutting bark for canoes and roots for making rafts.

Aboriginal axes have a stone head and a bent cane shaft. The stone head is held in place with fired resin.

Aboriginal Weapons as art

Old aboriginal weapons are often engraved with totemic and clan designs. This makes them a highly collectible form of traditional aboriginal art.

Aboriginal artists in the 1970’s also used shields as a canvass. Some of these shields painted by famous artists are collectible.

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