Long arrow with bamboo shaft, notched wooden head with rock point

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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

Materials Wood , Fiber , Feather , Reed?

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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