The cards compiled in this box relate to Tindale's concern with using vocabulary to map distributional patterns of cultural and natural phenomena across Australia. Header cards include: Weapons: Boomerang, Clubs; Shields; Spears; Spearthrower; Sword. The cards are drawn mostly from published literature sources, with some from Tindale's manuscript materials. Cards often contain a description of the manufacture and use of a weapon, and occasionally an illustration.