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Item X 17223 Spear. Daly River, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia. 1911

Summary

The flaked blade is glass and it has been secured with resin to a wooden shaft to form a spear. The shaft has been cut short.

Physical Description

A pressure flaked glass blade mounted onto the end of a shaft and secured with resin to make a spear. The end of the spear has been cut off. The resin is coated in red ochre.

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Object/Medium

Spear
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Daly River, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1911
Collector

Sir Walter B. Spencer
Date Collected

1911
Object Measurements

205 mm (Length), 40 mm (Width), 25 mm (Height)
Keywords

Tool, Technology
Collection Names

Baldwin Spencer Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

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Item X 17223 Spear. Daly River, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia. 1911

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