Spearthrower/chisel/carrying board; quartzite chisel set in mastic at opposite end from spearthrower hook; red-stained wood.
Donor:
Dorothy Menzel
Collection place:
Laverton, Western Australia
Culture or time period:
Ngaatjatjara people (A43)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1970-1971 #143: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 11, 1971–June 16, 1971), S1970-1971 #149: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (June 25, 1971–July 9, 1971), S1974-1975 #39: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (December 7, 1974–December 16, 1974), S1976-1977 #87: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 10, 1977–June 14, 1977), S1977-1978 #31: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (February 1, 1978–February 1, 1978), S1977-1978 #75: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 15, 1978–June 20, 1978), S1978-1979 #71: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 12, 1979–June 13, 1979), and S1990-1991 #32: Berkeley Repertory (April 29, 1991–June 20, 1991)