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Harpoon arrow

Harpoon arrow. Thick ...cane shaft. Notch fixed by driven-in wooden pegs...wrapping. Upper wooden insert... and ...point (Index B) Harpoon arrow: cane shaft with notch; the upper end wrapped in brown raffia; web fletching; a twisted cord wound on the upper end of the shaft to which the point is attached as it emerges from the shaft; wooden point with barbs on one side; the point formed by a horn ferrule (Index W) Entry in the main historical catalogue: Harpoon with bone point.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Guató
Object type
Harpoon arrow
Dimensions
Length: 149 cm
Material/Technique
Pipe , Plant fibre , Wood, Horn
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 1485

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    who
    Guató
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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