Two ceremonial spears

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Description

wood, red and yellow ochre, white and black pigment, flattened spear tips, one of them lance-shaped with toothed rim, the second one bipartite, painted with delicate lattice pattern, slightly dam., paint rubbed off;
such spears were only made by senior men and were symbols of their wealth and status. Such spears took considerable time to make and were used for ceremonial purposes only.

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Comparing literature

Davies, S. M., Collected - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, Sidney 2002, p. 35

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