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Object Number 73-6-30/7332
Display Title Arrow; point of wood, barbed & painted black
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, barbed wood point on wood shaft, cotton wrapped shaft
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Amazons, upper
Dimensions Overall: 168.2 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm (66 1/4 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73-6-30/7332
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1871-1872 - 1873)
Collector Hassler Expedition (1871-1872 - 1873)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1873)

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