Game Arrow
65-10-152
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Pia Paka |
Object Number | 65-10-152 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Fiber | Feather | Palm Bark |
Description | Narrow, straight cane, one end lashed with white, pink and black cord and razor grassl ends and tips of two trimmed parrot feather lashed to this end; other end point of palm bark inserted; palm bark lashed to trimmed, tapered and sharpened bamboo point, lashed with cord as abovel traces of green and black paint on point. Used for large game. |
Length | 152 cm |
Width | 3.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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