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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
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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