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50-49-1431
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1431 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Negrito (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Locus | Negrito? |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Feather |
| Description | Irregular shaft of light brown wood; fore-end shaped into flattened point with two-small lateral barbs, coated with poison (black gum); nock end cut deeply, part covered by spiral raffis wrapping over tips of two flat-mounted complete feathers; wrapping continues beneath the feathers in a loose spiral, then closely again over their roots. |
| Length | 74.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 0.75 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
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