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62-7-9

From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 62-7-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Culture Area Andean
Locus archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines
Section American
Materials Wood | Sinew | Vegetable Fiber | Feather
Description

Wooden; hardwood foreshaft socketed for a point. Rear shaft of soft wood with a large pith. Fore end of shaft and exposed end of (foreshaft are lashed with sinew. Butt end of shaft is lashed with two strand vegetable fiber. Two feathers glued on near butt. Notched nock.

Length 48 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962

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