Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Arrow |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.758 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.758.001 |
Date |
1930s |
Description |
Fishing spear with a reed for a handle and a metal arrowhead. The tip has a barb on one side of the point and a small barb on the other side just above where it meets the handle. A string is wound around the handle where it meets the arrowhead and 25.5 cm above. |
Provenance |
The donor accompanied her husband, International Driller, Lester MacGillivray, to South America, where this item was obtained as a memento. It was used by the British Guiana and Amazon tributary tribes in South America. |
Dimensions |
L-160 cm |
Search Terms |
International Driller Foreign Drillers Fishing Spear Arrowhead South America British Guiana Guyana Memento |
People |
MacGillivray, Lester MacGillivray, Margaret |