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Object Number 40-1-30/2080
Display Title Foreshaft of arrow of palm - triangular section at one end
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spearpoint, tapered both ends, black pigment
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1939
Culture
  • Motilone
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Barco Concession, of the Colombia Petroleum Co.; Cucuta, near
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 106 x 1.3 x 1 cm (41 3/4 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-1-30/2080
Provenance
Collector Randolph Winslow
Donor Donated by Randolph Winslow

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