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Object Number
61-7-30/8261
Display Title
Bamboo dart or stone-shooting crossbow
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Crossbow, bamboo/wood, veg fiber string/binding, release lever, toggle in slot
Classification
- Crossbow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Maranhao
/
<County>
/
Barra do Corda
/
Ponto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
Materials
Wood, Bamboo, Vegetable fiber, Down
Dimensions
Overall: 34.7 x 50.1 x 2.8 cm (13 11/16 x 19 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
61-7-30/8261
Credit Line
Expedition: University of Wisconsin, the Institute of the Andean Research and the Peabody Museum, W. H. Crocker, Director, 1961
Provenance
Expedition
University of Wisconsin, Institute of Andean Research & Peabody Museum Expedition
(1957-1961)
Collector
William Crocker
(1957)
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