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Object Number 99-12-70/52943.2
Display Title Arrow with feathers
Descriptions
Object Description Arrow with feathers
Inventory Description Arrows, painted wood points, some shafts painted, tiered feather fletching
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Malay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia
Dimensions Overall: 39 x 15.5 x 4 cm (15 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object POISON
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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