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Stone spearhead
Object Number 30-54-70/D3437.2
Display Title Stone spearhead
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spearhead, chipped stone blade
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Stone, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm (5 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3437
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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