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Arrow of reed shaft and dark brown wooden point with bone tip
Arrow of reed shaft and dark brown wooden point with bone tip
Object Number 46-78-30/5614
Display Title Arrow of reed shaft and dark brown wooden point with bone tip
Descriptions
Object Description Arrow of reed shaft and dark brown wooden point with bone tip fastened with carse black thread.
Inventory Description Spear, barbed bone point wrapped with string and resin, squared wood/reed shaft
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazon Basin Indians
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Materials Wood, Reed, Bone, Cotton string, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 128.2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm (50 1/2 x 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-30/5614
Provenance
Owner S. Jacob (02/01/1901)
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (02/01/1901)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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