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Object Number 11-43-30/83037
Display Title Poison arrow and tip shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrow, wood point with bamboo shield over tip, reed shaft, feather end
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wapishana
  • Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana
Dimensions Overall: 155.5 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm (61 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83037

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