The primary exhibits are three shields cut from the wood of fig trees, each is approximately 110cm high x 40cm wide with rounded edges and they have several cuts and spear-point holes in them. They are painted with black, white and brown natural pigments in geometrical designs. Each shield has a door knob type handle set in the centre.
Above the shields, hanging from the top of the case, is a wallaby trap woven from lawyer cane. The weave is open and forms rectangular shapes. Overall it is shaped like a tuba bell, the entrance diameter is 55cm tapering down to 33cm in the body of the trap and it is110 cm long.
In the mid-section of the case, from the left, is skin of a Herbert’s Rock-wallaby. The animal is set on its stomach with the legs in line with the body. The head is small in relation to the body and the pelt is thick and dark brown.
On a plinth in the middle of the case is a Paradise Parrot, a bird last seen in 1927. Its plumage is richly coloured with turquoise, green, red and black and it has a long black tail. The parrot is in a glass dome, standing on a rock with feathery grass behind him.
On the right is a bicornual basket, the size of a large handbag. It has a circular opening at the top with a single loop handle, it is 40cm high and the base is shaped like a smile.
The basket, made of lawyer cane, is decorated in a geometrical design with natural pigments - similar to the shields.
Along the front of the case, from the left are;
A collection of Morpho butterflies. There are 12 blue, palm-sized butterflies in a dark stained wooden drawer with a white base. The three on the left side are the palest powder blue which shows off the structure of the wing scales. Centred in the drawer are the 2 largest butterflies which are electric blue. The remainder are in glorious shades of bright blue and similar in size to the pale blue specimens.
Laid out beside the wooden drawer are nine white cards each with a sketch and written details of various species of reef fish lavae. Attached to each card is a small glass tube containing a preserved specimen of the larvae. They are miniscule, ranging from 7mm to 15mm.
Next is a forehead band made from 59 rectangular pieces of nautilus shell 1.8cm x 0.8cm. The shell pieces have a centrally drilled hole and are threaded onto bark-fibre string. Beside the forehead band is a cream nautilus shell with a brown striped curled end. The nautilus shell is shaped like a cone that has had the narrow tail wound into a tight spiral.
In the middle of the case is a crab collection. Four crabs of varying species and sizes are set beside a wooden drawer containing over 100 tubes of preserved crab specimens.
Finally, in the right corner is a large shell that is used as a water carrier. It is cream coloured with dark brown markings. The upper section is wound into a roll and the lower section is open creating a shallow basin.