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Object Number 30-54-70/D3411.1
Display Title Fish tail club, iron wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, wood, painted linear and dot designs on spatulate head, notched tale
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 124.7 x 11 x 1.7 cm (49 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-3411.1; 30-54-70/D3411.1
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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