Spear with a flaked glass blade and a reed shaft. The blade is bound to the shaft and this coated in resin. The shaft is painted with red pigment. [AB [OPS move] 10/8/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear with a flaked glass blade and a reed shaft. The blade is bound to the shaft and this coated in resin. The shaft is painted with red pigment. [AB [OPS move] 10/8/2018]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Northern Territory
Person: Field collector Harry Stockdale; PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Reed Plant, Material Pigment, Material String, Material Resin Plant, Process Flaked, Process Recycled, Process Painted, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 37 mm, Depth: max 26 mm, Length: max 2563 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.55.13 Other numbers: ?19

Search terms: Weapon, Spear, Sheath

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