Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-1213
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.258
Description:
Round stick-like “womerah” or spear-throwing stick. 2-ply chord tassel with human hair applied with string and mastic. Painted red black and white with large human hair tassel at one end.
Donor:
Australian Museum
Collection place:
McArthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1961-1962 #54: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 20, 1962–March 21, 1962), S1962-1963 #50: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 27, 1963–March 27, 1963), S1963-1964 #79: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (April 15, 1964–April 15, 1964), and S1966-1967 #23: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 3, 1966–November 3, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-1213, described as Round stick-like “womerah” or spear-throwing stick. 2-ply chord tassel with human hair applied with string and mastic. Painted red black and white with large human hair tassel at one end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-1213, described as Round stick-like “womerah” or spear-throwing stick. 2-ply chord tassel with human hair applied with string and mastic. Painted red black and white with large human hair tassel at one end.

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