Accession No
E 1906.218
Description
spear - Register notes for E 1906.207-219 'Thirteen spears: three with stout cylindrical shafts and flattened lanceolate blades; two similar to last, but slimmer, and the shafts of eucalyptus wood are bound with wide bands of possum gut; five cylindrical with pointed heads, two eucalyptus wood have flattened points; two with reed shafts and stone heads; and one very short and slim, with pointed wood head and reed shaft'
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Central Australia
Period
Source
Marten, Robert Humphrey (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1906.218
Cultural Affliation
Arunta tribe
Material
Wood; reed; animal (possum gut); Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Register notes for E 1906.207-219 ' Thirteen spears: three with stout cylindrical shafts and flattened lanceolate blades; two similar to last, but slimmer, and the shafts of eucalyptus wood are bound with wide bands of possum gut; five cylindrical with pointed heads, two eucalyptus wood have flattened points; two with reed shafts and stone heads; and one very short and slim, with pointed wood head and reed shaft'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) R.H.Marten M.D.
Transcribed from Accession Register because record found to be missing from database.
Event Date
Author: maa
FM:145856
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