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1886.1.1033.1

Miniature wooden arrow with stone head. [MJD (Verve) 29/2/2016]

1886.1.1033.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Miniature wooden arrow with stone head. [MJD (Verve) 29/2/2016]
Long description
Miniature wooden arrow with stone head. The arrow shaft is made of a piece of pithy stick [.1], having a long triangular shaped barbed head of chipped white stone [.2]. [MJD (Verve) 29/2/2016]
Geographical reference
Chile
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile
Arica y Parinacota Region Arica Province Arica unnamed grave site
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1868 Archaeological period: Inka Inca
Date collected
1868
Acquisition information
Transferred: 05/10/1950
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Stone
Dimensions
Length 211 mm, Length 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.1033.1 Accession number: 1886.1.1033.2
Research and responses

Arica is in northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. It was originally a part of Peru but it was lost after a plebiscite arranged in the Treaty of Ancon in 1883 as part of the results of the war of the Pacific. It is therefore to be considered part of Chile not Peru. [AS 14/12/2010]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Death, Children and Childcare, Toy and Game, Model, Religion, Arrow, Grave Good, Toy

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