Arrow

Museum number:
16-2650
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.660
Description:
Wooden arrow; hardwood foreshaft with metal point.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection place:
Goajira Peninsula, Colombia
Verbatim coll. place:
Goajira Indians, Goajira Peninsula, Venezuela and Colombia
Culture or time period:
Wayuu (Goajira)
Collector:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection date:
February 1931
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1931
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 16-2650, described as Wooden arrow; hardwood foreshaft with metal point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 16-2650, described as Wooden arrow; hardwood foreshaft with metal point.

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