Hi Peter, I've never seen anything toxic used on antique wooden ethnographic items comming out of Australia.. the worst this I see is Australians seem to be willing to drill holes in things to bolt them to the wall. I've about a dozen boomerangs. Several bladed weapons, daggers and bayonets with holes drilled in them. ��. It's a distinctly Australian thing.. I'd say you can see sometimes half the old boomerangs with a couple of self tapping screw holes in them.
Japanese gun stocks and some other wooden items from Japan and korea... now that's different.
Military rifles from Japan have a toxic laquer applied that can poison you. It contains Uruishiol. Which causes a bad rash.. so be very careful refinishing them
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