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Object Number 34-91-50/452
Display Title 2 wooden tipped arrows for baboons, poisoned
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden tipped arrows for baboons, poisoned
Inventory Description Arrows, carved wood points, feather remnants, fiber wrapped
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maragoli
  • Tereki
  • Hamite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Dimensions Overall: 71.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (28 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 34-91-50/452; POISON

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