Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method

Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method

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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 mould in two halfs, white on the outside and brown on the inside. An item is in the mould a white material with a number of airholes and a pink sticker with N on it.

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Category:
Metallurgy
Object Number:
1981-1529/10
type:
mould