Throwing stick

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Object Number 32-68-70/D3943

Display Title Throwing stick

Descriptions

Inventory Description Stick, carved wood, cylindrical, ridged surface, tapered ends, resin one end

Classification

Bludgeon

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Murchison / Cue

Materials Wood, Resin?

Dimensions Overall: 72.3 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm (28 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D3943

Provenance

Collector Penn Museum (1911)

Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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