Throwing-Stick
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: "SPEAR THROWERS OF A SPECIAL TYPE. BOTH HAVE EXPANDED HANDLES, ONE IS CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION THE OTHER ELLIPTICAL. EXPANDED HANDLES ARE CLASSIFIED AS MAMUNTUNGA WHEREAS THOSE CIRCULAR IN CROSS-SECTION ARE CLASSIFIED AS YUKARUPU. PAINTED WITH BANDS AND GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS. RED, WHITE, YELLOW ON BLACK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387430-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Atlatl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 81 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 93.34 cm