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Object Number
04-46-50/64230
Display Title
Poisoned arrows, feathered
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Arrows, carved bamboo shaft and point, feather with resin coated fiber wraps
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pygmy
- Batwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Upper Kasai tributary of the Congo; Wissmann Falls, South Africa, near region of
Materials
Bamboo, Feather, Fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 66 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm (26 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
04-46-50/64230; POISON
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Uganda
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| 82-26-50/26516 | Poisoned arrows, iron points |
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| |
| 82-26-50/26515 | Poisoned arrows, bone points |
Arrow
|
South Africa
| |
| 23-33-50/B3538 | Poisoned arrows |
Arrow
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Angola
| |
| 30-66-50/H1283 | Wooden painted reed arrows |
Arrow
|
Tanzania
| |
| 72-20-50/6765 | Arrows with iron points, "poisoned" |
Arrow
|
South Africa
| |
| 04-46-50/64231 | Poisoned arrow not feathered |
Arrow
|
Zaire
| |
| 34-91-50/447 | 2 arrows with plain large leaf-shaped blade, feathered |
Arrow
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Kaimosi
| |
| 15-28-50/B640 | Arrows, iron heads, leaf "feathered," poisoned |
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| |
| 08-25-50/73622.1 | Bow, quiver, and poisoned arrows |
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Raw Material |
Uganda
| |
| 24-32-50/B3714.1 | Arrows, ovate ridged metal point, wood shaft, feathers, resin-coated fiber wraps |
Arrow
|
Uganda
| |
| 31-30-50/B5098 | Poisoned arrows in case |
Arrow
|
Kenya
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