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Chinderah Bay Antiques Images
Images 1 & 2 “Ceremonial masks and shields (Papua New Guinea and Torres Strait Islands)”
Image 3 “A traditional Torres Strait islands navigation map made of seashells and twigs”
Image 4 “One of the largest leatherback turtles ever found (late 1800s)”
Images 5-8 “Diving suits used in commercial pearl diving in the Torres Strait (UK and USA, early to mid-1900s). Each could weigh up to 90kg.”
Images 9-11 “Australia once was a whaling nation – Scrimshaw carved on teeth of NSW-caught cetaceans”
Image 12 “Australian whalebone corset (late 1880s)”
Image 13 “Dutch East Indies traders trunk and cannon balls (early 1600s)”
Image 14 “Hand-carved betel nut cracker once belonging to Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga”
Image 15 “Fibreglass movie props’
Image 16 “Bronze ship’s taffrail log (England, early 1900s)”
Image 17 “Ship’s tackle (late 1800s)”
Images 19-20 “Ship’s telegraphs (late 1800s)”
Image 21 “Megalodon jaw replica and other shark teeth”
Image 22 “At the museum’s helm: Ray Evans, posing next to one of the many model ships in his museum”
Images and text by Celine Flamain
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