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Object Number 08-17-10/73444
Display Title Blow gun and arrow
Descriptions
Indigenous Term tu gives tin, tsi dsin
Inventory Description Blowgun, long hollow reed with dart, fiberous end, split
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms Qualla Reservation
Dimensions Overall: 249 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (98 1/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 08-17-10/73444
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Donor Unknown (1908)

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