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1900.55.41

Spear head ?knife blade of quartzite stone with gummy material still on hafting end. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/11/2004]

1900.55.41

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear head ?knife blade of quartzite stone with gummy material still on hafting end. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/11/2004]
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 Resin Plant, Material Quartzite Stone, Process Ground, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 150 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.41 Other numbers: 41
Research and responses

5/3/1997 John Simmons PRM indentified this object as a hafting knife NOT a spear head.

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Spear-head, Knife