Spear Thrower
P1866
From: Australia | South Australia | Coward Springs
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Woomera |
| Object Number | P1866 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Coward Springs |
| Locus | South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Gum |
| Description | A wooden spear thrower. The handle is smooth and knobbed with an oval shaped body and a small, wooden hook on the end. There are “X” shaped etchings on the body of the thrower and one set of five vertical lines etched down the middle of the body. |
| Length | 74.8 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 15A - Other Number |
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