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Object Number
72-20-50/6765
Display Title
Arrows with iron points, "poisoned"
Descriptions
Object Description
Arrows with iron points, "poisoned"
Inventory Description
Arrows, triangular, barbed metal point, wood shaft, feather fletch, fiber wrap
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
Materials
Wood, Metal, Resin, Fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 61.1 x 1.8 x 2.1 cm (24 1/16 x 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
8
Label on object
72-20-50/6765; POISON
Provenance
Collector
South African Museum
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1872)
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