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Object Number
33-56-20/2265
Display Title
Arrow with iron point for fishing (The iron comes from Indian tribes in northern
Descriptions
Object Description
Arrow with iron point for fishing (The iron comes from Indian tribes in northern Columbia.)
Inventory Description
Spear, barbed metal trident point on reed shaft, bound with string with resin
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chocó
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Panama
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Darien
/
<County>
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<City>
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House of the medicine man, Fidel Goinora
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Sambu; Rio Benado, near the mouth of; Rio Sambu, tributary of
Materials
Reed, Metal, Cotton, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 159.9 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm (62 15/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-56-20/2265
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