100/1919/15
Spear donated by big game hunter Charles Victor Alexander Peel in 1919.
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89/1934/14
Once it had penetrated the body this weapon would leave splinters within the wound, likely leading to infection and death.
60/1948/61/13
Spear with iron blade and iron spike butt.
57/1926/1
Barbed spear which was capable of causing dreadful injuries as the tip could not be easily withdrawn once it had penetrated the body.
271/1989
A spear used by elder Maasai warriors.
115/1936/1
Spear for warfare. Donated by Miss CG Green in 1936.
89/1934/8
Obsidian blade technology on this island group is over 4,000 years old.
89/1934/9
E1896
65/1920/15
89/1934/6
51/1916/9
The upper prong was aimed at its target and, due to the illusion caused by refraction, the other two points speared the fish.
E2031
A spear made from palm wood with a decorated blade and shoulder.
E2033
A particularly deadly weapon.
57/1938/27
The addition of copper enhances the item’s appearance.
33/1953/23
In many areas of Oceania, the sea was considered as an ancestral domain inhabited by spiritual beings.
E1614
An incomplete spear with missing barbs
66/1986
Re-accessioned in 1986, donor is unknown.
130/1997
33/1953/49/1
Made from reused bottle glass in about 1950.
33/1953/49/2
Spearhead made from lilac-coloured glass of European origin, with a sharp point and finely chipped edges.
33/1953/49/3
This Australian spearhead is made out of bottle glass.
33/1953/49/4
33/1953/49/5
This a fine broken spearhead, in two pieces, made of glass.
3/1994/8
An ivory prong that was bound by rope to a spear with two other prongs, like pincers.
3/1994/9
46/1908
This rare spear rest would have been fixed to a canoe to hold barbed spears.
136/1993/98
A very old specimen with wooden peg attached set in with resin and sinew.
86/1920/52
A spear thrower was used principally by hunters to propel spears further and faster.
108/2000/2
Miru is the Pitjantjatjara name for spear thrower in Central Australia.