Wooden spearthrower
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- Type
- Spearthrowers
- Place
- Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
- Materials
- Pigment, Plant fibre, Stone - non specific, Wood
- Collection
- Ernabella Arts collection no. 2
- Accession number
- 1985.0315.0001
Description
Pigmented wooden spearthrower, with an elliptical concave shaft, and a wooden peg attached to the distal end by sinew, at an acute angle to the shaft. The proximal end projects with knob of resin in which stone-flaked adze is embedded.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:42:15 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-23. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.