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Object Number 83-14-30/30173.1
Display Title Reed arrows, flat wooden points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, flat wood blade, reed shaft with cotton string with resin
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Amazon
Dimensions Overall: 181 x 3 x 3.9 cm (71 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83-14-30/30173
Provenance
Collector Lemuel Capen (1825 - 1883)
Collector Mr. John B. Sparhawk (1825 - 1883)
Donor Mrs. John B. Sparhawk (1883)

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