Spearhead

This spearhead is made out of bottle glass. The Australian Aborigines used this material as an alternative to stone for making tools and weapons. The fine shaping was due to the careful application of pressure to the edges of the glass to force small flakes of away from the surface.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
1897/1/2/2
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Arms and armour
Material
glass
Common Name
spearhead
Simple Name
spearhead
Production Town
Derby
Production County
North West Australia
Production Country
Australia

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