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Object Number 30-54-70/D3411.2
Display Title Fish tail club, iron wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, wood, spatulate head, painted dot and linear designs, V notched at end
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 143.4 x 9.6 x 2.2 cm (56 7/16 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-3411.2; 30-54-70/D3411.2
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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