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Barbed wooden spears
Object Number 30-54-70/D3484.4
Display Title Barbed wooden spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, tapered wood shaft, multi-barbed point, resin and fiber wrapped, pigment
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Materials Wood, Pigment, Resin, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 206.5 x 1.8 x 2 cm (81 5/16 x 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-54-70/D3484.4
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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