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Reed arrows, barbed bone points
Reed arrows, barbed bone points
Object Number 83-14-30/30168
Display Title Reed arrows, barbed bone points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spears, bone and wood point attached reed shaft with fiber, split feather end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Amazon
Materials Wood, Reed, Pigment, Cotton, Feather, Bone, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 155.2 x 4.7 x 1.2 cm (61 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 83-14-30/30168
Provenance
Collector Mr. John B. Sparhawk (1825 - 1883)
Collector Lemuel Capen (1825 - 1883)
Donor Mrs. John B. Sparhawk (1883)

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