Object name: Spear-thrower / Loans: S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Spear-thrower

Museum number:: 2-7295
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Atlatls
Dimensions:: length 38.2 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Kotzebue Sound, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

2. Spear-thrower

Museum number:: 11-37066
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Sepik River Area, Papua New Guinea

3. Spear-thrower

Museum number:: 11-1458
Culture or time period:: Aboriginal Australians
Object class:: Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:: Northern Territory, Australia

4. Spear-thrower

Museum number:: 11-1513
Culture or time period:: Aboriginal Australians
Object class:: Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:: P. G. Black
Collection place:: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia