Trois propulseurs de lance, avant 1914 ·  Australie · ID: 3043098

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, each lanceolate and lense-shaped in cross-section, wooden thorn fixed by resin, remains of cord and fabric, slightly dam., missing parts.
Spear throwers were used as a lever to project spears with great force. It increased the range and speed of the spear.

Littérature comparée

Cooper, Carol, Aboriginal Australia, Sydney 1981, p. 175, N 290