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Object Number 99-12-70/53424
Display Title Bone-barbed arrow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrow, tiered wood point, bone barbs, fiber wrap haft, incised linear design ree
Classification
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Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Dimensions Overall: 140.4 x 1.1 x 1 cm (55 1/4 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53424
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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