Spear Thrower
P1864
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Amirre |
| Object Number | P1864 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arrernte |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Locus | South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Gum |
| Description | A long and thin wooden spear thrower. One end comes to a dull point while the other end is a hook covered with gum and sharpened into more of a point. The collector, J.T. Huston assigned this object the native name, woomera, which is incorrect as this object is from the Arrernte people who use the term amirre. |
| Length | 81 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 20 - Other Number |
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