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Decorated barbed spear from Bathurst Island

1985.0060.0408

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Type

Spears
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Collection

Dr Herbert Basedow collection
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Dimensions

L 2740mm x Dia 20mm

Material

Physical Description

A cylindrical tapering grooved wooden spear, with a single row of barbs, made from solid (form), pointing shaftwards. A row of eight bosses are below the barbs. The spear is pigmented, and the barbs have alternating bands of dots, cross-hatching, and diagonal lines. The opposite side has bands of cross-hatching, solid colour and infilled circles, and the shaft has bands of solid colour.

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