karko

The karko is a small spade of wood, used by the natives north of Adelaide for digging up grubs from the ground.

An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre 2004

The karko is a small spade of wood, used by the natives north of Adelaide for digging up grubs from the ground.

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete Edward John Eyre 1858

The karko is a small spade of wood, used by the natives north of Adelaide for digging up grubs from the ground.

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 02 Edward John Eyre 1858

The first is, that from birth to the tenth year, when he is initiated into the second, or Wilya kundarti, by being covered with blood, drawn from the arm of an adult; he is then allowed to carry a wirri for killing birds, and a small wooden spade (karko) for digging grubs out of the ground.

An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre 2004