FMNH 167001.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 16-23 | Provenience: Venezuela, Caroni River, near Angel Falls | People or Culture: | Object: Arrow | Material: Bamboo, iron | Description: Arrow with bamboo shaft, cane foreshaft, and lanceolate iron arrowhead. Arrowhead rusted and attached with layers of black gummy substance. Blackened at top of shaft and end of shaft with charcoal. [L. Stein] | Dimensions: (in cm.) L: 131cm; D: 1.3cm | Collection: Richard Weatherill; collected 1953 [LEFT MARGIN] A | 167001 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 3834
Catalog Number: 167001.nosub[1]
Description: arrow
Materials: bamboo, iron, cane, gum
Accession Number: [3834] R. Weatherhill (Gift)
Accession Year: 1979
District/County: Caroní River
Collector/Source: Richard Weatherhill, Richard Weatherhill
EMu IRN: 1069436
GUID: 865fe3a7-6b1c-4c4c-bccc-88bad2f2e017

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