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AF386.27

From: Sierra Leone | Dahomey

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF386.27
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone | Dahomey
Section African
Materials Wood | Leather | Iron
Description

Of Sudanese type. Of cane with simply inserted iron points of Frobenius's "Pfriem" type (some points are spirally twisted) and with a more or less rectangular nock. The geographical attributions in the original entry were simply placed side by side, with no indication of their being alternatives. The arrows are poisoned.

Length 65 cm
Credit Line Gift of G. L. Wolber, 1910

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