Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-40791
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Accession number:
Acc.2519
Description:
Spear thrower - lanceolate shaped; carved ovate handle with engraved crisscross pattern; hooked tip attached with twine; red stained; device allowing for greater force and range when throwing spear; mainly used for hunting, occasionally for fighting.
Donor:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes and Daniel L. Adler
Collection date:
before 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-40791, described as Spear thrower - lanceolate shaped; carved ovate handle with engraved crisscross pattern; hooked tip attached with twine; red stained; device allowing for greater force and range when throwing spear; mainly used for hunting, occasionally for fighting.

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