Spearhead

This spearhead is from Australia and made out of bottle glass. The Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia used this material as an alternative to stone to make their weapons and tools. This example has chips knocked off only one side and is known as a unifacial tool.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
109/2000/2
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Material
glass
Common Name
spearhead
Simple Name
spearhead
Production Country
Australia

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