Summary
This unfinished spearthrower is of the type that was typically used with spears by men in hunting in eastern Arnhem Land. Four of these were made and collected by Donald Thomson on the same day in 1935.
Physical Description
An incomplete wooden spearthrower with the wooden peg not attached to the distal end.
Local Name
mangal
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Donald Thomson, Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands
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Acquisition Information
Long-term Loan from University of Melbourne (The), 28 Mar 1973
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Acknowledgement
The Donald Thomson Collection. On loan to Museum Victoria from The University of Melbourne.
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Maker
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Date Produced
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Collector
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Date Collected
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Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Cultural Groups
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Object/Medium
Spearthrower
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Object Measurements
730 mm (Length), 50 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
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