Curio

State Library of New South Wales
Stockwhip handles, 1800 - 1900s

Stockwhip handles, 1800 - 1900s

Carved wood

Bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952

DR 67


Some of these stockwhip handles have designs typical of the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales and were probably carved by Aboriginal stockmen. It is possible that they were carved in the traditional method using a possum tooth implement.


The National Museum of Australia and the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Museum in Longreach, Queensland, have examples of stock whip handles carved by Indigenous makers in their collections.