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Object Number 99-12-30/53375
Display Title Poisoned arrows with cane sheaths
Descriptions
Object Description Arrow
Inventory Description Arrows, incised wood points with sheaths, reed shafts, cotton wrapped
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Maracibo?
  • Carib?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Additional Geographic Terms Curacoa
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 1.1 x 1 cm (38 9/16 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 7+
Label on object 99-12-30/53375 & 53375
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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