Context (Acquisition Details)
This object is one of a collection of four throwing sticks made during this period. Three have been given to the museum, of which two have been accessioned into the collections. Richard Bateman bequeathed one more to the CUMAA Handling Collection.
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Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Carved, wooden club with bulbous end and with regular carved lines along its length. The bulbous end shows the most remains of white pigment, although this fades further down the handle.
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Fredrick John Afford Bateman, who was a doctor in Alice Springs periodically between 1955 -1959, where he worked both in the hospital there and as a flying medic.Richard Bateman, the collector’s son, in correspondence with CUMAA adds, 'It was a practice that all weapons, shields, knives were left outside the ward [at the Alice Spring Hospital] and were often unclaimed after the patients left the hospital.'
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Author: maa