Arrows, iron point

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Object Number 78-5-30/16796

Display Title Arrows, iron point

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, ovoid metal point, attached to reed shaft with fiber, feather remnants

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Tupi?
Arawak?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Brazil

Materials Wood, Metal, Reed, Fiber, Feather

Dimensions Overall: 133.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (52 9/16 x 1 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 78-5-30/16796

Provenance

Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)

Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)

Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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