Poison arrows and tip shields

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Object Number 11-43-30/83056

Display Title Poison arrows and tip shields

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, barbed metal points, covered with bamboo shields, feather ends

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wapishana
Arawak

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana

Materials Wood, Reed, Cotton, Feather, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 176.5 x 5.8 x 1.3 cm (69 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 11-43-30/83056

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11-43-30/83037	Poison arrow and tip shield	Arrow	British Guiana Guyana
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22-2-50/B3591	Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak"	Shield	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3591.1	Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak"	Shield	Cameroon
20-33-60/D1554.1	Leather (shields?)	Shield	Syria?
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78-5-30/16765B	Shields (a and b), fiber	Shield	Amazonas

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