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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1925.122.4.1 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name spearthrower Description Spearthrower made of wood, flat on one side and rounded on the other, tapering to a smooth pointed end. Decoration of curved sections of parallel lines infilled with cross-hatching. Wooden peg carved from the whole. Written in pencil: '1925.112.4 Victoria' and in black ink: 'DLJ 775.77'. Part of a group of Aboriginal Australian weapons (two boomerangs, two shields, two spear throwers, two clubs) collected by Rev Isaacson in 1863, lent to Ipswich Museum in 1925, and apparently presented formally to Ipswich Museum in 1929. Production place Australia, Victoria Production period 19th Century, 20th Century Material wood Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1925.122.4.1
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

spearthrower
Description

Spearthrower made of wood, flat on one side and rounded on the other, tapering to a smooth pointed end. Decoration of curved sections of parallel lines infilled with cross-hatching. Wooden peg carved from the whole. Written in pencil: '1925.112.4 Victoria' and in black ink: 'DLJ 775.77'. Part of a group of Aboriginal Australian weapons (two boomerangs, two shields, two spear throwers, two clubs) collected by Rev Isaacson in 1863, lent to Ipswich Museum in 1925, and apparently presented formally to Ipswich Museum in 1929.
Production place

Australia, Victoria
Production period

19th Century, 20th Century
Material

wood

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