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Object Number
25-46-70/D2441.1
Display Title
Spearthrower
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spearthrower, wood, concave, tapered, incised designs, cloth covered tip, split
Classification
- Atlatl
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Goldsfields-Esperance
/
Laverton
Materials
Wood, Cotton, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 11.8 x 2.5 cm (31 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2441; 25-46-70/D2441.1
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1924)
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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