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Object Number
39-39-50/3840
Display Title
Poisoned arrows (abaluma)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
abaluma
Object Description
Poisoned arrows, abaluma
Inventory Description
Arrows, wood shaft, worked to point, leaf fletch on 1, leaf point wrap
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 63 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm (24 13/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
10
Label on object
39-39-50/3840; POISON
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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South Africa
| |
| 37-32-50/2457 | Poisoned reed arrows of cross bow - (cf. 50/2456) poisoned with strophanthus poi |
Raw Material
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Cameroon
| |
| 08-25-50/73586.1 | Bow and 3 poisoned arrows |
Arrow
|
Uganda
| |
| 15-28-50/B641 | Arrows, iron heads, poisoned |
Arrow
|
Congo
| |
| 56-57-50/9873 | Poisoned arrows and poisoned arrow points |
Raw Material
Arrow |
Africa
| |
| 15-28-50/B640 | Arrows, iron heads, leaf "feathered," poisoned |
Arrow
|
Congo
| |
| 31-30-50/B5098 | Poisoned arrows in case |
Arrow
|
Kenya
| |
| 47-73-70/2898 | Poisoned arrows - bamboo shaft, carved and painted wooden point |
Arrow
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 82-26-50/26515 | Poisoned arrows, bone points |
Arrow
|
South Africa
| |
| 04-46-50/64230 | Poisoned arrows, feathered |
Arrow
|
Zaire
| |
| 34-91-50/452 | 2 wooden tipped arrows for baboons, poisoned |
Arrow
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 82-26-50/26516 | Poisoned arrows, iron points |
Arrow
|
South Africa
|