Fish Spear (uncertain)
49-19-15
From: South America
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 49-19-15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | South America |
| Culture Area | South American Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Reed (plant) | Cotton Fiber | Wood |
| Description | Fish (or bird) spear. Reed shaft. Long point of wood with 4 wooden barbs tied just above juncture of shaft and point; one barb lost. Bindings of black and white finely spun cotton. Has binding at end of shaft too. |
| Length | 162.4 cm |
| Width | 1.52 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. T. M. Meryweather, 1949 |
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