TWO NORTH QUEENSLAND SPEARTHROWERS,

one a Cape York Peninsula bi-valve spearthrower with right-angle peg and shell handle attached with natural resins, old patina. The other from Mornington Island, the shaft striated, the peg attached by kangaroo sinew and resin inlaid with white clay as with the resin on the handle. Bears inscription 'No. 82A Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD'