Throwing club
This is one of a small group of items that were donated by WR Hayman in October 1868. It relates to the first tour of Australian Aboriginal cricketers in the UK in that same year. This item was used in a series of public displays that highlighted various Aboriginal skills and athleticism.
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-first-aboriginal-cricket-team-to-england-bradman-museum/5wJiIlzvxlyNKA?hl=en
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-first-aboriginal-cricket-team-to-england-bradman-museum/5wJiIlzvxlyNKA?hl=en
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1131
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Material
- wood
- Common Name
- throwing club
- Simple Name
- weapon
- Production County
- Victoria
- Production Country
- Australia
- Production Year High
- 1868
