51/1916/31
Spearhead made from walrus ivory.
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109/1951/19/1
This Australian spearhead is made out of bottle glass.
109/1951/19/2
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109/1951/20
Spearhead with a European glass head set into a gum base.
109/1951/21/1
Spearhead made from pale green bottle glass of European origin.
109/1951/21/2
Spearhead made from pale green bottle glass, with a fine point and serrated edges.
109/1951/21/3
109/1951/21/4
This spearhead is made out of bottle glass.
109/1951/21/5
65/1925/7
This barbed socketed spearhead was a warrior’s principal weapon.
E789a
The base end is pointed for insertion into a shaft, the point slotted for carrying a blade.
64/1974/14
Broad wooden spearthrower with one end extended to form a handle which is covered with a flattened piece of black gum.
64/1974/16
59/2000/34
1891/7/13
A tool that propels spears further and faster.
109/1951/5/2
A tool used to propel spears further and faster.
109/1951/5/3
109/1951/5/1
Wooden spearthrower, painted red with white clay.
1891/7/12
A spear-thrower made of hardwood with a carved hooked end.
40/2023/54
Toddy Cooper kept this female tarantula as a pet for over 10 years.
51/1916/74
A marlinspike is used in marine rope work.
51/1916/75
51/1916/76
51/1916/77
284/1998/39
A spindle is a tool employed by weavers for spinning fibres such as cotton and wool.
624/1902
This spindle whorl is from North America.
DEV108
31/1918/68
This is a Cypriot Early Bronze Age spindle whorl, made and decorated in the same style as pottery from the time.
1887/10/67
This is an ancient Greek spindle whorl used to process wool into thread.