Weapon - Spear
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- Type
- Spears
- Date
- 1948
- Place
- Milingimbi, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia; Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia; Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia; Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
- Materials
- Adhesive - non specific, Pigment, Plant fibre, Wood
- Collection
- American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) collection
- Accession number
- 1985.0067.0104
Description
Cylindrical tapering wood shaft, truncated. Wood head, hafted with fibre string/adhesive binding; single row joined barbs, out of solid, pointing shaftwards; five bosses above binding. Pigmented. Head has transverse and diagonal lines and cross-hatching in bands. Shaft has transverse lines and bands colour. 'Groote'. From Groote Eylandt.
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