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Poison stick for applying poison to arrows
Poison stick for applying poison to arrows
Object Number 99-12-50/53202
Display Title Poison stick for applying poison to arrows
Descriptions
Object Description Poison stick for applying poison to arrows
Inventory Description Wood tool, carved, flat and tapered at one end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (9 13/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53202
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30400.1 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30400 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30401 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30400.2 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
2001.29.14865 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Hunters walking, standing: "Gao Medicine" applying poison with a stick to the shaft of an arrow (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30306 Hunters walking, standing: "Gao Medicine" applying poison with a stick to the shaft of an arrow (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
2001.29.26184 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
Gautscha
Small flat wooden spoon - used in applying poison to arrows
38-60-30/1768 Small flat wooden spoon - used in applying poison to arrows
Paddle
Ecuador
Small flat wooden spoon - used in applying poison to arrows
38-60-30/1767 Small flat wooden spoon - used in applying poison to arrows
Spoon
Ecuador
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
2001.29.14867 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, close-up
2001.29.14866 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, close-up
Gautscha
Poison arrows and poison stick
11-43-30/83029 Poison arrows and poison stick
Arrow
Guyana
British Guiana