Short flat “womerah” or spear-throwing stick, with round handle.
Donor:
Australian Museum
Collection place:
Murray River, Echuca District, Victoria
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:
S1966-1967 #10: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (September 29, 1966–September 11, 1967) and S1980-1981 #57: Harding Elementary School (March 26, 1981–March 27, 1981)