On Saturday 5 July the Gardens will be accessible to Big Fish Little Fish ticket holders only. The Museum will be open as usual and entrance will be via London Road only.
Composite spear with a wooden shaft, into which is socketed a bi-facially flaked obsidian blade, which has been broken across the tip. The head is fixed in place with parinarium nut putty, which has then been decoratively wrapped with fine thread in a chequered diamond pattern. The entire surface of the head has been painted with red and white mineral pigments.
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