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Object Number
99-12-70/53649
Display Title
Throwing stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear thrower, wood, flat, chipped edges, resin both ends, point one end
Classification
- Atlatl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Materials
Wood, Resin, Sinew, Shell?
Dimensions
Overall: 63.7 x 6.2 x 1.6 cm (25 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53649
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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| |
| 88-51-10/50099 | Throwing stick |
Atlatl
|
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| |
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Atlatl
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
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|
Vassie
| |
| 967-71-70/4652 | Wooden spearthrower, gummed at both ends 22" long |
Atlatl
|
Australia
| |
| 32-68-70/D3961 | Spearthrower |
Atlatl
|
Bridgetown
| |
| 23-46-70/D1715.3 | Spear throwers |
Atlatl
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 23-46-70/D1715 | Spear throwers |
Atlatl
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 30-54-70/D3455.3 | Spear throwers |
Atlatl
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 96-25-70/49474.2 | Spearthrower, straight lath form with handle |
Atlatl
|
Queensland
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