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A tool with a thick wooden shaft and a very large stone head mounted horizontally behind a display case, next to a spear thrower and spear.

Kodj

A Versatile Tool

A kodj is a multi-purpose tool. It has a useful pointed end for digging, and can be used as an axe or a club. A kodj can be easily carried on a belt.

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A tool with a thick wooden shaft and a very large stone head mounted horizontally behind a display case, next to a spear thrower and spear.

The Earliest Traders - First Nations Trading Routes

The Kodj, an Aboriginal axe

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A tool with a thick wooden shaft and a very large stone head mounted horizontally behind a display case, next to a spear thrower and spear.

Kodj Axe.
Credit: WA Museum

The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.