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3-pronged spear
Object Number 30-54-70/D3492
Display Title 3-pronged spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, three-pronged barbed point, painted, fiber wrapped
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, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 268 x 3.2 x 3.4 cm (105 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3492
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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