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Object Number 00-8-70/55308
Display Title Fighting arrows (rare)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrows, reed shaft fitted with wood points tipped with sting ray spines, fiber b
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions Overall: 125.3 x 1 x 0.9 cm (49 5/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 00-8-70/55308/ 1131
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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