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Object Number
53-47-30/7487
Display Title
5' arrows of wood with barbed iron tips
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spears, metal and wood points, 1 missing, attached to reed shaft with fiber
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
- Barasana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Pirá-Paraná River
Materials
Wood, Metal, Reed, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 167.9 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (66 1/8 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
53-47-30/7487
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(1953)
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