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Object Number 30-54-70/D3455.5
Display Title Spear throwers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear thrower, flat, polychrome, both ends white, resin knob at wood point
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Dimensions Overall: 101.8 x 3.1 x 4.9 cm (40 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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