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4-pronged fish spear
Object Number 30-54-70/D3488
Display Title 4-pronged fish spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, light wood shaft, 4 pronged barbed point, fiber, black, white pigment
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 310 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm (122 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-54-70/D3488
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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