Arrow
32-6-220
From: Colombia | Guajira Peninsula
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 32-6-220 |
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. The junction of the shaft and foreshaft is lashed with twine; and the point is barbed rather than serrated near the junction with the foreshaft. |
Length | 98 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Colombian Expedition, Gregory Mason, 1932 |
Other Number | 1038 - Other Number |
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