- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Glass spear head with serrated edges, set in gum on wooden stick.
- Long description
- Brown glass spear head with serrated edges, set in gum on wooden stick.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Ngarluma
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 06/1924
- Date collected
- By June 1924
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Glass, Material Resin Plant, Process Recycled, Process Flaked
- Dimensions
- Length: max 480 mm, Width: max 59 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.63.4
Search terms: Weapon, Spear-head
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