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Object Number 15-28-50/B641
Display Title Arrows, iron heads, poisoned
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrows, assorted metal points, some barbed, wood shaft, some leaf fletched
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Aruwimi Basin
Dimensions Overall: 48.8 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm (19 3/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 18
Label on object 15-28-50/B-641; POISON

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