DESCRIPTION 
This is a vintage set of Aboriginal clap sticks, made and painted by local artist David Street in the early 1980’s in the Kimberley area of Western Australia. They are made from Australian timber and hand painted in the traditional way. 

SOUND
This set of clap sticks features each being a different thickness. Using the thicker and heavier to stick to hit the lighter one produces a deeper and louder sound than when striking using vise versa. Striking the lighter one with the heavier stick produces a sharper sound. 

DIMENSIONS, MATERIAL AND ARTIST AND MAKERS DETAILS

BOOMERANG SIZE: 29.5 cm long (11 inches) long  
MATERIAL: Australian native hard wood timber
FINISH: Hand painted using acrylic paint
ARTIST: Unknown
AREA: Girriwooya
MADE IN: Western Australia

WHAT ARE CLAP STICKS
Australian Clap Sticks are the main traditional percussion instrument of all Aboriginal people. They are used to provide rhythmic accompaniment for song and dance. They are often used alongside two wooden boomerangs that are also clapped together in Aboriginal musical song and dance. Clap sticks consist of two sticks crafted from various woods and are often intricately decorated. The usual technique employed when using clap sticks is to clap the sticks together to create a rhythm that goes along with the song.

They are called bimli or bilma by the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.