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Object Number
99-12-50/53200
Display Title
Foreshafts and iron points of poisoned arrows
Descriptions
Object Description
Foreshafts and iron points of poisoned arrows
Inventory Description
Projectile points, barbed metal points, reed shafts.
Classification
- Projectile Point
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
Materials
Reed, Metal, Fiber, Soil
Dimensions
Overall: 10.4 x 0.7 x 2 cm (4 1/8 x 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
99-12-50/53200; 53200; POISON
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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| |
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|
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| |
| 81-5-30/25295 | Arrows, iron points, poisoned? |
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|
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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Worked Wood
|
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