Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Poison Dart |
Arrow |
Weapon |
411 |
Object Number | ABDUA:9205 |
Other Number | x |
Other Number Type | old number |
Brief Description | Poison 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. |
Dimensions | L: 38mm approx |
Materials | glass, wood, silk, cotton, poison |
Condition | Fair |
Completeness | Complete |
Place Key | South America, Brazil(?) |
Field Collector | Trail, Prof. J W H |
Publication Note | Ogston, A (1884-1929) Stereoscopic Photographs of Collection of Ethnological Objects, weapons, and other Curiosities, MS Marischal Museum, Vol II, p42(1) |
Aquisition Source | Ogston, Professor Sir Alexander |