PugJesus6d ago

Aboriginal couple wearing kangaroo cloaks, Australia, ~1880

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1883275/aboriginal-couple-wearing-kangaroo-cloaks-australia-1880

Show threadWhiteOakBayou
Weapon vs boat paddle that the woman is holding? At first it seems like a paddle because the object is so long but the shaft is comparably short like it’s meant to be swung.
Mar 16 at 3:00pmWeb
Show threadWhiteOakBayou6d ago
Maybe their boats are low sided and these individuals aren’t very tall. I’ll have to look into it when I have more service. Cool picture. Crazy these people have been living down there continuously for so long.
Show threadPugJesus6d ago
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1980-Q-687
club | British Museum

Club, sword, made of wood with broad flat blade, which narrows to a neck and short handle at proximal end.

The British Museum
Show threadSkullgrid6d ago

Department

Africa, Oceania and the Americas

🤣😂😭

Show threadPugJesus6d ago
The “Not Europe, Not Asia” category. Very precise, very exacting standards for what regions go there
Show threadSkullgrid6d ago

You know old bean, places where all the *[redacted extremely offensive and hilariously outdated slur]*s come from.