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Object Number
35-25-30/1087
Display Title
Lance with wooden shaft and bamboo point; also painted design of dark +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
umako
Object Description
Lance with wooden shaft and bamboo point; also painted design of dark brown--apparently of tree resen("atree root"say informants)
Inventory Description
Spear, ovate scoop reed blade on shaft, split, on wood shaft, fiber string wrap
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Aguarico
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Ecuador
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Tucano?
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Napo
Materials
Wood, Reed, String
Dimensions
Overall: 299 x 7.8 x 1.8 cm (117 11/16 x 3 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-25-30/1087
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1934-1935 - 1935)
Expedition
Dr. John P. Gillin
(1934-1935 - 1935)
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