FMNH 8096.1

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | 16-12 | Country Venezuela | People Guaivo Indians | Locality Vichada River | Name Two gourd bottles- stoppers and handles [pots of Curare poison?] | Collection R. Welles Jr. | Where Placed Hall 16 | Notes Small gourds containing curare poison in which arrows and blowgun darts are dipped before shooting game. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | No 8096 1-2 | 98 | Acc. 35 [BACK] exh 1918
Catalog Number: 8096.1
Description: bottle
Materials: gourd, wood, fiber cord, poison; curare
Cultural Attribution: Guahibo
Accession Number: [35] R. Welles Jr. (Gift)
Accession Year: 1893
Other Numbers: 98
Collector/Source: Roger Welles Jr., World's Columbian Exposition - Department of Ethnology - Department of Ethnology
EMu IRN: 1441825
GUID: bdeb7097-333d-4ba1-a6e6-7a7d06ea1950

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