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Object Number 32-68-70/D3965
Display Title Spearthrower
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear thrower, carved wood, flat, wavy painted design, hook at tapered end
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Forrest River Mission
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 119.7 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm (47 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-68-70/D/3965
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1911)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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