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Object Number
62-7-70/4006.1
Display Title
Notched and raffia wrapped arrows (approx. 52")
Descriptions
Object Description
Notched and raffia wrapped arrows (approx. 52")
Inventory Description
Arrows, bamboo shaft, barbed wood points, ends of barbs wrapped in fiber, fiber bands to attach point to shaft, incised designs on shaft near point, one with white pigment
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of Baliem
Materials
Bamboo , Plant fiber , Wood , Pigment?
Dimensions
Overall (measurement of longest): 130.5 × 1 × 1 cm (51 3/8 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
62-7-70/4006.1
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