Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method

PART OF:: Collection of objects illustrating the Cire Perdue method

Made:: 1957

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Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method which was probably used to produce Western-Asiatic Bronze Age arrowheads. Manufactured by Leon Underwood c. 1957. A flint with one sharpened end.

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1981-1529/11

type:: flint

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Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method

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