Clapsticks and spear thrower

The resonant sound of wooden clapping sticks conjures images of dancing on the red earth of the north. Sitting alongside this beautifully engraved spear thrower in a cabinet at the entrance to Wangka Maya, these wooden artefacts were made by local elders so that the Centre codl foreground and preserve their skills and cultural stories. Like language, the old skills of wood carving and engraving were in danger of being lost.