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Object Number
54-16-70/3595.2
Display Title
Spear
Descriptions
Object Description
Spear, Aboriginal, throwing spear
Inventory Description
Spear, carved cylindrical wood shaft, plant fiber band, tapered to point, resin
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 212.4 x 1 x 1 cm (83 5/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
54-16-70/3595.2
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Seth Fitchet
(1910)
Donor
Donated by
Mrs. Seth Fitchet
(3/26/1954)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54-16-70/3595.1 | Spear |
Spear
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Western Australia
| |
| 01-7-70/56676.1 | Composite Spear, wood point |
Spear
|
Cairns
| |
|
| 01-7-70/56676.2 | Composite Spear, wood point |
Spear
|
Cairns
| |
| 30-54-70/D3484.4 | Barbed wooden spears |
Spear
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 91-6-70/50598.17 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50598.13 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50598.18 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 46-78-70/2368.1 | Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+ |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 46-78-70/2368.4 | Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+ |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 46-78-70/2368.3 | Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+ |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 01-7-70/56677.1 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Cairns
| |
|
| 01-7-70/56677.2 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Cairns
|