Playing stick

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Item X 9065 Throwing stick. Lake Frome, Spencer, South Australia, Australia. pre 1902

Summary

This stick is used in a game of skill, being thrown across the flat ground and the one whose stick travels the furthest is the winner. The Aboriginal name recorded for this one is "choo-kee-roo".

Physical Description

A thin throwing stick with a bulbous head. String is tied around the handle in two places.

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Object/Medium

Throwing stick
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Lake Frome, Spencer, South Australia, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1902
Object Measurements

360 mm (Length), 35 mm (Width), 35 mm (Height)
Keywords

Game
Collection Names

Charles Richards Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 9065 Throwing stick. Lake Frome, Spencer, South Australia, Australia. pre 1902

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Type of item

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