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Object Number 78-5-30/16792
Display Title Arrows, iron points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spears, metal and wood points attached to reed shafts with fiber
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Amazon, Lower
Dimensions Overall: 178.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (70 1/4 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 78-5-30/16792
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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