Reed spear shaft

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Object Number 30-54-70/D3481

Display Title Reed spear shaft

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, reed shaft, carved wood point, broken tip, wrapped fiber, pigment

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Yolngu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land

Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast

Materials Wood, Reed, Plant fiber, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 219 x 2.2 x 2.3 cm (86 1/4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 30-54-70/D3481

Provenance

Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)

Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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