FMNH 272312.nosub[1]

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    Scanner: Allison Coates : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | Catalogue No. 272312 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC-2531 | Negative No. | Sub. Ind. No. 37-12 | General Provenience: Australia | Where collected: | Where made: | Attribution: Western Australia | Tribe: | People: | Culture: Australian | Brief Description: Spear-thrower | Detailed Description: Spatulate, red-painted, incised designs on upper surface. Wooden pin affixed with gum and sinew. Blob of gum on end of handle. | See reverse | Dimensions (in cm.): | length: 66.0 | width: 10.2 | height: | circumfrence: | diameter: | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A.W.F. Fuller of London, England, in 1958 | Formerly in the collection of Lord Charles Beresford. Purchased by Fuller on Nov. 9, 1922.
Catalog Number: 272312.nosub[1]
Description: spear thrower
Materials: wood, sinew, gum
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1958
Other Numbers: FC 2531
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1181150
GUID: 821cd765-266c-4941-9dbd-30eb3b31a0e1

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