Record

CollectionABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object NamePoison Dart
Arrow
Weapon
411
Object NumberABDUA:9205
Other Numberx
Other Number Typeold number
Brief DescriptionPoison Dart contained within a glass tube with bungs at either end. Curare poison dart from the Amazon Valley. The tip is smeared with the Curare poison; the shaft is a slender tapered splinter of bamboo; it is feathered by some downy fibre wrapped around the butt, so as to propel it from a blow-pipe. Original handwritten paper label at one end.
DimensionsL: 38mm approx
Materialsglass, wood, silk, cotton, poison
ConditionFair
CompletenessComplete
Place KeySouth America, Brazil(?)
Field CollectorTrail, Prof. J W H
Publication NoteOgston, A (1884-1929) Stereoscopic Photographs of Collection of Ethnological Objects, weapons, and other Curiosities, MS Marischal Museum, Vol II, p42(1)
Aquisition SourceOgston, Professor Sir Alexander
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