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Object Number 78-5-30/16790
Display Title Arrows, cane pointed
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, ovoid scoop blade on reed shaft, feather, woven string haft with resin
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Dimensions Overall: 151.5 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm (59 5/8 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 14
Label on object POISON & 16.790 b & 78-5-30/16790 b-e
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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