Long narrow rod spear-thrower. Feathers fastened at handled end with string coated with resin and painted red. Opposite end with hook bound with animal gut and coated with resin. Entire object painted red; red stripes near hooked end. [El.B 22/08/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long narrow rod spear-thrower. Feathers fastened at handled end with string coated with resin and painted red. Opposite end with hook bound with animal gut and coated with resin. Entire object painted red; red stripes near hooked end. [El.B 22/08/2007]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Northern Territory Hugh Ranges
Person: Field collector Harry Stockdale; PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Resin Plant, Material Animal Gut, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 1025 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.55.135

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