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Object Number 54-16-70/3594
Display Title Spear thrower
Descriptions
Object Description Spear thrower
Inventory Description Spear thrower, flat, elliptical, resin at knob and tip, wood point
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Wood, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 56.4 x 9.8 x 1.8 cm (22 3/16 x 3 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 54-16-70 / 3594
Provenance
Collector Dr. Seth Fitchet (1910)
Donor Donated by Mrs. Seth Fitchet (3/26/1954)

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