- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Blow gun dart with detachable harpoon head with single barb. Metal head on wooden shaft bound with plant fibre and textile at the butt. [FB 6/7/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1924
- Date collected
- By 1924
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Textile, Material Plant Fibre, Material Metal, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 205 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.44.12
Search terms: Fishing, Fishing Accessory, Hunting accessory, Blowpipe Dart
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