Throwing Stick, Spear Thrower, Woomera
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THESE ARE THE FLAT TYPE USED THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND. THIS TYPE IS CALLED YUMANGALA. THEY ARE MADE OF SOFT WOOD. THE PEG OF IRONWOOD ATTACHED TO FLAT SIDE AND HELD WITH CORDAGE AND BLOODWOOD GUM. ALL OF THESE ARE PAINTED IN GEOMETRIC AND ANIMAL DESIGNS WITH RED, YELLOW AND WHITE LINES OR DOTS ON BLACK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387429-5
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Atlatl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 67.95 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 88.27 cm