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Object Number
25-46-70/D2450
Display Title
Stone flake for putting gum in end of spear thrower
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Flake, chipped stone, with cortex
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Goldsfields-Esperance
/
Nullarbor Plain
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 5.3 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2450
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1924)
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51-60-50/8789 | Stick with yellow and black gum on it - used for putting arrow together |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 10-47-10/76822 | Spear thrower |
Tools
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 69-30-10/2042 | Ivory implement - part of spear thrower? |
Raw Material
Tools |
Alaska
| |
| 10-71-20/C6738 | End of spear thrower |
Wood
|
Chichen Itza
| |
| 969-1-70/4695 | Stone spear point, denticulate with gum hafting |
Projectile Point
|
Australia
| |
|
| 10-71-20/C6739 | End of spear thrower |
Wood
|
Chichen Itza
| |
| 967-71-70/4675 | Stone axe hafted with gum at both ends, 14" long |
Axe
|
Australia
| |
| 01-7-70/56675 | Spear thrower, straight lath form |
Spear
|
Cairns
| |
| 25-46-70/D2425.2 | Spear throwers |
Atlatl
|
Drysdale River
| |
| 30-54-70/D3455.3 | Spear throwers |
Atlatl
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 30-54-70/D3455.5 | Spear throwers |
Atlatl
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 01-7-70/56675.1 | Spear thrower, straight lath form |
Spear
|
Cairns
|