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Object Number 71-11-30/2940
Display Title Arrows pointed with wood without barbs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrows, carved wood blunt point, reed shaft, feathers, bound with woven string
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Madiera
Dimensions Overall: 138.1 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (54 3/8 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 71-11-30/2940 & POISON
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1871)
Donor Prof. Louis Agassiz (1871)

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