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1940.7.11

Spear head of blue glass, with resin attached to the base. [SM 27/07/2007]

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1940.7.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear head of blue glass, with resin attached to the base. [SM 27/07/2007]
Geographical reference
Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
Western Australia
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Arthur Percy Dodds-Parker
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1899
Date collected
circa 1899
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Resin Plant, Process Recycled, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Length: max 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.11
Associated publications
Illustrated as fig. 55 (with 1953.10.4, 1921.91.54, 1938.35.1401 and 1938.35.1403) on page 63 of Transformations: The Art of Recycling, by Jeremy Coote, Chris Morton, and Julia Nicholson (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2000). (LP 21/6/2000) Illustrated in colour on page 110 of The Pitt Rivers Museum: A World Within, by Michael O’Hanlon (London: Scala, 2014). Caption (page 111) reads: ‘83 (opposite) A selection of Aboriginal glass spear heads (detail). See Coote et al. 2000, p.63 for accession details and sizes’ [MJD (Verve) 19/2/2016]

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