Spear, hunting / upper part

Description

Upper part of a wooden hunting spear (cundarra) with a single barbed head secured with gum and sinew: Australasia, Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara, upper Sherlock River, possibly Ngarluma or Yindjibarndi, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1898.372.1

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Spear, hunting / upper part

Production information

Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia, Australasia

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Ngarluma
Yindjibarndi

Materials

Wood, Gum, Sinew

Physical description

Wood with gum and sinew

Associations

Collector: Clement, Emile Louis Bruno, Dr, 1844 - 1928