
(Photo: Aboriginal Words Glossary © 2010 Central Art)
Typale is an Aboriginal word referred to by the Aboriginal women from Utopia in central Australia as a brush- like flat stick with soft padding. Typale is used to apply body paint designs from ground ochre (clays), charcoal and ash onto the upper body (chest, breasts, arms) and thighs.
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