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Description: | Dark, hardwood spear thrower, with long, elliptical shape; one end expanded into parallel-sided grip, decorated with incised cross-hatching and coated with black gum and decorated with two pieces of shell set at an angle across grip. Distal end has hardwood peg bound on with diagonal lashings of fine, twisted vegetable fibre and coated with black Spinifex gum and set at an angle.
image | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.62972 | Go to resource |
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