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Object Number
30-54-70/D3486
Display Title
2-pronged fish spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, cylindrical, carved wood, two barbed prongs, fiber wrapped
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeast
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 252 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm (99 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-54-70/D3486
Provenance
Collector
W. Lloyd Warner
(1929-1930)
Seller
W. Lloyd Warner
(1930)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-54-70/D3487 | 2-pronged fighting spear |
Spear
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 51-32-70/3265 | Spear, carved prongs |
Spear
|
Northern Territory
| |
| 91-6-70/50605.2 | Spear shaft |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50605.1 | Composite Spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 91-6-70/50606 | Composite Spear, 2 iron prongs |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 91-6-70/50605.3 | Composite Spear, 4 iron prongs |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 91-6-70/50603.2 | Composite spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50603.1 | Composite spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 34-91-50/778 | Fish spear with 4 wooden prongs |
Spear
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 47-72-70/2770 | Stone adze with 2-pronged blade (man killer) |
Adze
|
Rano Island
Vanuatu | |
| 91-6-70/50646.1 | Spear, 2 carved wood barbed points at 1 end, wood shaft, fiber haft |
Spear
|
Niue
| |
| 01-7-70/56677.1 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Cairns
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