Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Arrow |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.756.001 |
Date |
1930s |
Description |
Spear with a handle made from a hollow reed and a Purpleheart wood arrowhead. A string is wound around the handle where it meets the arrowhead. |
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 River tributary tribes in South America. |
Dimensions |
L-127 cm |
Search Terms |
International Driller Foreign Drillers Fishing Spear Arrowhead South America British Guiana Guyana Memento |
People |
MacGillivray, Lester MacGillivray, Margaret |