Context (CMS Context)
Found un-numbered in the Bevan workroom where it had been since before October 2006, but probably present for some time before that.
Event Date 12/6/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Broad leaf-shaped wooden spear thrower with remains of resin on handle and distal point. The attachment for a spear is broken off and missing
Event Date 12/6/2015
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Gaye Sculthorpe, Oceanic Curator at the British Museum, noted this is typical of the spearthrowers from Northern Queensland and would have had a shell peg at the end.
It is therefore unlikely to have any James Cook associations
Event Date 24/5/2019
Author: rachel hand