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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
Materials
Wood, Reed, Cotton, Feather
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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