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Wooden staff, feather ornament
Wooden staff, feather ornament
Object Number 83-14-30/30174
Display Title Wooden staff, feather ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, scoop reed point, wood shaft, feathers at point base, string bound
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mundrucû
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Amazon; Rio Tapajos
Materials Wood, Reed, Feather, Wool, Cotton string, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 160.3 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm (63 1/8 x 3 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30.174
Provenance
Collector Lemuel Capen (1825 - 1883)
Collector Mr. John B. Sparhawk (1825 - 1883)
Donor Mrs. John B. Sparhawk (1883)

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