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Object Number
51-32-70/3411
Display Title
Wooden spear thrower
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spearthrower, concave, flattened wood, tapered, resin on one tip, sinew, point
Classification
- Atlatl
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
South Australia
/
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
Additional Geographic Terms
Musgrave Ranges
Materials
Wood, Resin, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 73.5 x 18 x 1.6 cm (28 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51-32-70/3411; Musgrave Range / S. Aust
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition
(06/26/1951)
Collector
Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell
Collector
N.B. Tindale
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