spear
- Museum number
- Oc.961
- Description
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Spear of wood with a single wooden barb attached with ?kangaroo sinew and resin. Two bands of black colour circle the end of the shaft, past the spot where the barb is attached. Undulated shaft. The throwing end of the spear has one side partly broken off.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1821?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 251 centimetres
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Width: 1.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Original registration slip notes this is from Arley Castle.
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Old handwriting in ink on shaft of spear:
Spear. King George 3 Sound. S. Coast Terra Australis.
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Wood species identifed by museum scientist C. Cartwright July 2016.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2016-2017 Nov-Apr, Albany, Western Australian Museum, Aboriginal objects from the Albany region of Western Australia
- Acquisition date
- 1860-1869
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.961
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc186?C1.961 (old CDMS no.)