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Object Number
83-14-30/30171
Display Title
Reed arrow, notched wood point
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, painted barbed wood point, reed shaft, fiber wrapped
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms
Amazon
Materials
Wood, Reed, Fiber, Paint
Dimensions
Overall: 143 x 0.7 x 1.1 cm (56 5/16 x 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83-14-30/30171
Provenance
Collector
Lemuel Capen
(1825 - 1883)
Collector
Mr. John B. Sparhawk
(1825 - 1883)
Donor
Mrs. John B. Sparhawk
(1883)
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