FMNH 104837.6

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | 22-28 | Country Togo, West Africa. | Locality | People Moba Stock | Name Skin quiver with 20 arrows, and 4 heads, also 1 porcupine quill. - similar to 104818, but quiver ornamented with 3 bands of cowries, with a special ring of cowries at top & bottom. Arrows mostly poisoned and marked [ILLUSTRATION] | Collection Otto Finsch. Cap. Thierry, Col. | Notes No. 104838 tied to quiver. | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 104837 1-25 | 467/1 | Acc. 941
Catalog Number: 104837.6
Description: arrow
Materials: metal; iron, rattan, animal skin; reptile; snake, quill
Cultural Attribution: Moba
Accession Number: [941] O. Finsch (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1905
Other Numbers: 467/1
Collector/Source: Otto Finsch, Captain Gaston Thierry
EMu IRN: 1349803
GUID: 6aacb40b-f959-46a6-9e81-bf6c55af94be

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