Harpoon
Arrow
34-31-5
From: Venezuela | State Of Apure | Lower Rio Capanaparo
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-31-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yaruros |
| Provenience | Venezuela | State Of Apure | Lower Rio Capanaparo |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Reed (plant) | Iron | Leaf Fiber | Feather |
| Description | Used in hunting turtles and crocodiles. Reed shaft, detachable barbed iron point. String, of moriche palm leaf fiber, wound on shaft to dry. Six feathers, tied, on edge. |
| Length | 108 cm |
| Credit Line | University Museum / Columbia University Venezuelan Expedition; Vincenzo Petrullo, 1934 |
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