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Object Number
23-33-50/B3538
Display Title
Poisoned arrows
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Arrows, barbed metal point, long resin-coated stem, bamboo shaft
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Bamboo, Metal, Feather, Fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 50.2 x 2 x 0.8 cm (19 3/4 x 13/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
23-33-50/B-3538
Provenance
Collector
William C. Bell
(before 1923)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Arrow
|
Zaire
| |
| 82-26-50/26516 | Poisoned arrows, iron points |
Arrow
|
South Africa
| |
| 08-25-50/73586.1 | Bow and 3 poisoned arrows |
Arrow
|
Uganda
| |
| 72-20-50/6765 | Arrows with iron points, "poisoned" |
Arrow
|
South Africa
| |
| 82-26-50/26515 | Poisoned arrows, bone points |
Arrow
|
South Africa
| |
| 08-25-50/73622.1 | Bow, quiver, and poisoned arrows |
Raw Material
Arrow |
Uganda
| |
| 40-24-50/5020 | Arrow - reed shaft, barbed iron point, poisoned with "riga" |
Arrow
|
Africa
| |
| 56-57-50/9873 | Poisoned arrows and poisoned arrow points |
Raw Material
Arrow |
Africa
| |
| 40-24-50/4992 | Arrow, poisoned with "kuvi" ("-" zande "riga") - used to kill buffalo |
Arrow
|
Africa
| |
| 40-24-50/4993 | Arrow, poisoned with "kuvi" ("-" zande "riga") - used to kill buffalo |
Arrow
|
Africa
| |
| 04-45-50/64143.2 | Arrows, metal point, reed shaft, feathers, fiber hafts, resin coated stem |
Arrow
|
300 miles east of Benguela
| |
| 15-28-50/B641 | Arrows, iron heads, poisoned |
Arrow
|
Congo
|