Fish Arrow

47-4-6

From: Brazil | Roosevelt River Headwaters

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 47-4-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nambicuara
Provenience Brazil | Roosevelt River Headwaters
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Cane (plant) | Bark | Feather | Fiber
Description

Cane shaft, wrapped at distal end with bark strip; two feathers, brown and white striped, bound on with brown and black string. Hard wood foreshaft finely pointed and with barb bound on.

Length 164.47 cm
Credit Line Gift of Willard R. Elton, 1947

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