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Box Containing Eight Aboriginal Australian Artifacts, mid 19th to early 20th Century
Wood, pig…
Spearhead
Box Containing Eight Aboriginal Australian Artifacts, mid 19th to early 20th Century
Wood, pig…
Box Containing Eight Aboriginal Australian Artifacts, mid 19th to early 20th Century Wood, pigment, bone, stone, glass and fiber 2015.17.41.1-.9 The George Stanley Lodin Collection
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Spearhead

ClassificationsArms and Armor-projectile points
Datemid 19th - early 20th Century
Made AtWollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Australia
Collection SiteSydney, New South Wales, Australia, Australia
MediumStone
Dimensions2 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 1/2 in. (7 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineThe George Stanley Lodin Collection
Object number2015.17.41.9
DescriptionStone spear heads such as this were attached to the tips of spears. These sharpened stone points increased the efficiency of spears. Such spears aided in hunting, fishing and warfare.
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Spear Head, early to mid 20th Century
Lou Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, Bismarck …
early to mid 20th Century
Box Containing Eight Aboriginal Australian Artifacts, mid 19th to early 20th Century
Wood, pig…
late 19th - early 20th Century
Box Containing Eight Aboriginal Australian Artifacts, mid 19th to early 20th Century
Wood, pig…
late 19th - early 20th Century
Spear, 20th Century 
Maasai culture; Tanzania 
Leather, metal and wood; 69 in. 
96.60.12
An…
Maasai
20th Century
Spearhead
Warring States period (475-221 BCE)
Bronze
Gift of Kevin Branch
2000.50.4
475-221 BCE