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Object Number 33-56-20/2266
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, reed shaft, bound with cotton string
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chocó
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / Darien / <County> / <City> / House of the medicine man, Fidel Goinora
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Sambu; Rio Benado, near the mouth of; Rio Sambu, tributary of
Dimensions Overall: 162.5 x 3 x 1.3 cm (64 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-56-20/2266

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