Physical Description
Slightly concave wooden spear thrower. The inner surface of the spear thrower has a detachable wooden peg at an acute angle to the shaft, bound with sinew and resin. The handle is covered with resin. Red ochre is the primary layer across all surfaces. Incised concentric circles and semi-circles decorate the inner surface of the spear thrower.
Significance
This spearthrower comes from the collection of Charles Glover, who was a mayor of Adelaide in the early twentieth century. Glover is believed to have obtained objects collected by Charles Chewings, who established the cattle station Tempe Downs and also ran a camel transport and supply service into central Australia in the 1880s through to around World War 1.
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Spearthrower
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Locality
Specific locality unrecorded, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Object Measurements
645 mm (Length), 144 mm (Width), 26 mm (Height)
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Collector
Charles R. Glover, Before 1920
Charles Glover, First Lord Mayor of Adelaide, collected books and ethnological items mainly between 1914 and about 1920. The Glover collection was auctioned in Sept 1970 in Sydney, Australia. -
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Mr Errol Beutel, Sep 1970
Errol Beutel acquired items from the Charles Glover collection at auction in Sydney in 1970. -
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