Aya and wardath (spears)
There were many types of spears. Normally, they were not used for hunting purposes, as nets and waddies were more effective. Small spears, ayas, were made from thin mulga trees and measured up to about one to five centimetres in width, and one metre long. Its barbed tip may not have killed the prey but it would have slowed the animal's progress so that the hunters were

able to track and capture it. Wardlathas, (larger spears), were made from mulga. They were three centimetres in width and two metres long, with sharp tip and barbs. These spears were used for fighting, punishing law breakers and in some rituals, particularly Vardnapa rituals.