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Object Number
30-54-70/D3500.2
Display Title
Barbed unhafted spear
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
arawuringkiri
Object Description
Barbed unhafted spear, one of two. Painted with red, yellow and white bands, dots, and crosshatchings; barbs on both sides.
Inventory Description
Spear, carved wood shaft, tapered to point both ends, white and yellow paint
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tiwi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
Bathurst Islands
Materials
Ironwood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 298.5 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm (117 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-54-70/D3500.2
Provenance
Collector
W. Lloyd Warner
(1929-1930)
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