Throwing Spear Artwork Description: Alye-irlpakerte / number

Artwork Description:          Alye-irlpakerte / number 7 shaped boomerang

or use them to finish off a kangaroo if it is still alive after being speared

Made from one single piece of mulga and traditionally used for spearing people under Aboriginal lore Known as “The Punisher” and has a shovel headed spear or lance

Year: 2025

Traditionally men would fight with them in combat or use them to finish off a kangaroo if it was still alive after being speared

Throwing Spear Artwork Description: Alye-irlpakerte / number#1459 Shannon Smith 214 cm Spear: Taken from a branch, this long piece of wood is carved from one straight piece of Mulga. This spear is used for hunting and (traditionally) for fighting Taken from a branch, the long stick is heated by fire, sand and ash and is then straightened out. Spear head in attached through binding. This spear was traditionally used for hunting and being thrown long distances using a amirre (woomera)