National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1965 This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
The thrower has one third of its length half cut away so that the spear shaft can rest in the notch at the end of the hollow and also lie along the hollow. At an inclined angle from the tube, an open wood carving of a crocodile and bird, rises high from the notch in the tube over the hollow, secured by 3 plaited cane circles, braced by 2 strips of cane.