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Object Number
51-32-70/3290
Display Title
Spearthrower, paddle form
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear thrower, flat, elliptical, resin and shell knob, resin and fiber at tip
Classification
- Atlatl
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Queensland
/
Far North Queensland
/
<City>
/
Cape Melville
Materials
Wood, Resin, Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 73.8 x 9.8 x 2 cm (29 1/16 x 3 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
51-32-70/3290; Cape Melville, New Queensland / Aust
Provenance
Collector
Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition
(06/26/1951)
Collector
Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell
(06/26/1951)
Collector
N.B. Tindale
(06/26/1951)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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