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Object Number
99-12-30/53433
Display Title
Poisoned arrows with wooden points
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Arrows, wood point in reed shaft, fiber wrapped haft and ends
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Negro Region, Upper
Materials
Reed, Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 189.4 x 0.9 x 1.1 cm (74 9/16 x 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
99-12-30/53433 & POISON
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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Raw Material
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| |
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|
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| |
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Projectile Point
|
South Africa
| |
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Fiji
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