Alcheringa Images

Spear-thrower with chisel

Ornamented with zigzag carving on one side and European rifle on the other.

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Details

Collector/creator
Yngwe Laurell
Time collected
1910-1911
Location collected
Luritja people, Central Australia
Transfer history
Ethnographic Department of the National Museum of Natural History, Stockholm > >
Current museum
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Saint Petersburg
Time deposited to current museum
1913
Current museum number
2159-100
Material
Wood, stone, resin, plant fibre
Measurements
Length 63.5 cm, width 13 cm
Source/publication/study
Girshfeld 1953; Tokarev & Tolstov 1956; Kabo photo comments; Kabo 1960; Kabo 1963; Barratt 1982