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R01818.ATS 006.Spearthrower (double shell grip)
AO ID
ATS006
Title
Spearthrower (double shell grip)
Created
not after 1989
Biography
Art - Artists - Men
Item type
Physical Object
Object type
Objects
Equipment
Arms & armament
Spears
Shells (Anatomy)
Seeds
Medium
wood and ironwood resin grip with shell, abrus precatorius seeds and bark fibre
Extent (#items)
1
Extent (dimensions)
65.5 x 9.0 x 1.5 cm (irregular, largest dimensions)
Creation place / original location
Cooktown (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
Subject
Weapons - Spearthrowers
Hunting
Seeds in art.
Art - Crafts - Shell works
Registration number
R01818
