looks like a spear thrower /sword club combination, based on the dished portion you mention but if it is lacking a tip for the spear then maybe not.
sword clubs seem to have been most popular in the northern regions of what is south australia and in north queensland.. some were up to 1.5 meters in length and curved like a giant boomerang.
its a nice peice you have and is genuine not a tourist item and not an item made with modern tools,
imagine somebody carved with with a bit of porcelain, chert or glass.
considering how had the wood is , these things tool them a long time to make. especially when you compare for example a wood workers workshop in fiji even before then arrival of iron tools he had an organished work area and a array of carving tools , everything on had. but here somebody carved the whole thing sitting on the ground with maybe 2 tools. an axe and a small stone blade..
quite a job!
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