Arrow
32-6-219
From: Colombia | Guajira Peninsula
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 32-6-219 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Goajira (Culture) |
| Provenience | Colombia | Guajira Peninsula |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Hunting or war arrow. Light wooden shaft; wooden foreshaft, slightly bulbous, decorated with incised lines; the junction of the shaft and foreshaft is covered with a cartridge shell. The point is a two-edged metal blade inserted in the foreshaft, to which it is attached by twine lashing which passes through a hole made in the blade; the edges of the blade near the foreshaft are serrated. |
| Length | 91.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Colombian Expedition, Gregory Mason, 1932 |
| Other Number | 1157 - Other Number |
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