Spearhead

This Australian spearhead is made out of bottle 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.
109/1951/21/3
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Material
glass
Common Name
spearhead
Simple Name
spearhead
Production County
North West Australia
Production Country
Australia

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