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Object Number 46-78-30/5603
Display Title Long arrow with bamboo shaft, notched wooden head with rock point
Descriptions
Object Description Long arrow with bamboo shaft, notched wooden head with rock point
Inventory Description Arrow shaft, reed? shaft with one feather fleche, notched, wooden piece at front is inserted and lashed with plant fiber at front, feather is lashed with plant fiber at back
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall (Width x Depth is of reed shaft): 76.7 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm (30 3/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-30/5603
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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