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Object Number
73-6-30/7333
Display Title
Arrow; point of wood, barbed & painted black
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, wood and metal point attached to reed shaft w/ red string, feather parts
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms
Amazons, upper
Materials
Wood, Reed, Cotton, Metal, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 127.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (50 3/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
73-6-30/7333
Provenance
Collector
Hassler Expedition
(1871-1872 - 1873)
Collector
Prof. Louis Agassiz
(1871-1872 - 1873)
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1873)
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