Spear-thrower

Museum number:

11-1213

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Accession number:

Acc.258

Object count:

1

Description:

Round stick-like “womerah” or spear-throwing stick. 2-ply chord tassel with human hair applied with string and mastic. Painted red black and white with large human hair tassel at one end.

Donor:

Australian Museum

Collection place:

McArthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory

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:

S1961-1962 #54: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 20, 1962–March 21, 1962), S1962-1963 #50: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 27, 1963–March 27, 1963), S1963-1964 #79: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (April 15, 1964–April 15, 1964), and S1966-1967 #23: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 3, 1966–November 3, 1966)

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