Spearhead
This Australian spearhead is made out of glass. The Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia used this as an alternative to stone for making tools and weapons. The fine shaping was done by applying pressure to the edges of the piece to force small flakes of glass off the surface.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 108/2000/5/2
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Material
- glass
- Common Name
- spearhead
- Simple Name
- spearhead
- Production Country
- Australia
