Spear-thrower

Museum number:
11-2093
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Spear thrower. Wood with painted ends of yellow with white lengthwise strip and yellow ochre and black cross bands. CHECK.
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Northeast Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Woomeras (spear-throwers)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2093, described as Spear thrower. Wood with painted ends of yellow with white lengthwise strip and yellow ochre and black cross bands. CHECK.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2093, described as Spear thrower. Wood with painted ends of yellow with white lengthwise strip and yellow ochre and black cross bands. CHECK.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2093, described as Spear thrower. Wood with painted ends of yellow with white lengthwise strip and yellow ochre and black cross bands. CHECK.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-2093, described as Spear thrower. Wood with painted ends of yellow with white lengthwise strip and yellow ochre and black cross bands. CHECK.

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