Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-2867
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110002867
Accession number:
Acc.1944A
Description:
Spear thrower
Donor:
Mrs. William E. Ritter
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Verbatim coll. place:
Northern Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collection date:
1923
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
March 11, 1944
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2867, described as Spear throwerHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2867, described as Spear thrower
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2867, described as Spear thrower

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