Admiralty Islands Obsidian Spear with Trade Beads and Ochre
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Admiralty Islands spear. Obsidian tip, fibre, trade beads, and ochre pigments, length 197 cm
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- Obsidian - Obsidian is an igneous rock, of volcanic origins, created when molten rock cools rapidly forming into a glass-like material. It has been used for thousands of years to make cutting tools.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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New Guinea tribal artefacts
- arrows and spears 53
- other artefacts 1,216