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Catalogue of the Peek collection

The catalogue has been organised in the following manner: object type/name, provenance, description, followed by its accession number.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT or WATER CONTAINER

Botocudo, Rio Doce, Brazil

This object was originally documented as a ‘water tube', but recent research leads us to believe that it may be a flute, with part of the mouth-piece missing. It is bound in two places with strips of bark or palm leaf, their ends fixed with metal nails. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/1

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, wooden head and feather flight. The feather is split and bound to the shaft with strips of bark or leaf. The arrowhead has two large and three small carved barbs. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/10

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/100

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/101

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/102

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/103

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/104

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/105

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/106

ARROW

Amazon region

Cane arrow shaft with head and flights missing. Such an arrow, when complete would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals.

11/1900/107

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys.

11/1900/108

ARROW

Amazon region

Cane arrow shaft with head and flights missing. Such an arrow, when complete, would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/109

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and feather flight. The feather is split along its quill and bound to the shaft with strips of bark or leaf. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/11

ARROW

Amazon region

Cane arrow shaft with head and flights missing. Such an arrow, when complete, would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/111

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/112

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with wooden head, cane shaft and feather flight. The split feather, in poor condition, is bound to the shaft with fine plant fibre thread. The wooden head has two carved points. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/113

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft. No flights are present, but these may have been bound to the shaft with the fine plant fibre thread which is becoming unravelled. The wooden head has two carved barbs. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/114

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and wooden head with a carved barb. The split feather flight, in poor condition, is becoming detached from the shaft to which it was bound with fine plant fibre thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/115

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a painted leaf-shaped bamboo point, a short wood foreshaft and smooth cane shaft with decorative threadwork bindings. The regularly- spaced thread binding which secures the feather fight to the shaft is coated with a resin and pigment mixture. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/116

SPEAR

Amazon region

Spear with a bilaterally barbed hardwood point, smooth cane shaft and small shaped half-feather flight with thread bindings. The flight has been repaired with a resin adhesive. This type of spear would be used to hunt large animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/117

ARROW

Amazon region

This arrow is distinguished in the collection by its twisted flight. The feathers are bound at their extremities so as to twist around the shaft. The arrow has a unilaterally four-barbed wood point and a smooth cane shaft. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/118

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, and wooden head with four carved barbs. No flight is present, but the bark or leaf and fine thread bindings near the nock end indicate that one may have formerly been present. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/119

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a cane shaft, feather flight and broad, leaf-shaped cane blade. The blade and flight are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/12

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a cane shaft, feather flight and wooden head with three carved barbs. The blade and flight are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/120

ARROW

Amazon region

Two long arrows have this number. Each has a cane shaft and feather flight. The head is missing from one. The other has a large, leaf-shaped cane blade. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/121

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, wooden head with a carved barb, and damaged feather flight. The blade and flight are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips, which are becoming loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/122

ARROW

Guyana or Brazil

Arrow with a unilaterally barbed wood point, bamboo shaft and full feather flight with inner-bark strip bindings. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/123

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, wooden head with three double carved barbs, and a feather flight. The blade and flight are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips, which are becoming loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/124

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/125

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, feather flight and leaf-shaped cane blade. Flight and blade are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips, the latter becoming loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/126

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/127

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, feather flight and double or split cane blade, bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips. The blade's binding is becoming loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/128

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, feather flight and plain wooden point. Flight is bound to shaft with fine plant fibre thread. The shaft is decorated with a wave pattern, perhaps made with resin or dye. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/129

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/13

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, feather flight and long, plain wooden head. The shaft between the flights is painted with red stripes. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/130

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with point (probably bone) missing, painted foreshaft and lower shaft. The flight is made up of two large red and blue feathers, probably from a macaw. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/131

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, feather flight and long, plain wooden head. The flight is bound to the shaft with fine plant fibre thread. The central section of the shaft is coloured red. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/132

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/133

ARROW

Guyana or Brazil

Probably a bird-hunting arrow, with a long point extending from a cross-piece base with four radiating points. Cane shaft and full feather flight. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/134

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and no flights. Multiple separate barbs are bound to the head with fine plant fibre thread. There is a fine, blackened, incised linear pattern part-way along the shaft. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/135

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/136

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with hardwood point and with flight missing. The designs on the point are of tarianon pigment, sometimes applied to the wood with a knife.

11/1900/137

ARROW

Amazon region

Long, plain arrow with no flight. The wooden head is bound to the shaft with fine plant fibre thread. The tip of the head is broken off and the thread is becoming loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/138

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and wooden head. The head has four sets of carved points and is bound to the shaft with dark strips of bark or leaf. There are traces of missing feather flights, also bound to the shaft. Arrows such as this would be used for hunting.

11/1900/14

BOW

Guyana

This bow is made from sriva, a very dark wood. The bow-string is missing. Such a bow would be used, with long arrows, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/140

BOW

Amazon Region

Flat-back, convex-belly cross-sectioned bow of un-smoothed dark hardwood. There are inner-bark strip bindings in the middle and at both ends, incorporating red feathers at one end. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/141

BOW

Amazon region

This bow is made from a very dark wood, perhaps sriva. The bow-string is missing. Such a bow would be used, with long arrows, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/142

BOW

Amazon region

Circular cross-section dark hardwood bow with unsmoothed surface. The bow has inner-bark strip bindings coated with resin, in the middle and at one end. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/143

BOW

Amazon Region

Circular cross-section dark hardwood bow with unsmoothed surface and plant fibre string. The bow has inner-bark strip bindings coated with resin, in the middle and at one end. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/144

BOW

Amazon region

This dark wooden bow retains is bindings, made from strips of inner bark, and its bow-string made from plant fibres. Both are loose. Such a bow would be used, with long arrows, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/145

BOW

Amazon region

Long smooth hardwood bow with convex belly and channelled back. The nock is shaped at both ends and there are plant fibre cord bindings towards both ends. The string is missing. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/146

BOW

Amazon region

Dark wooden bow, shaped at each end, with a flat, rectangular cross-section. The bow-string is missing. Such a bow would be used, with long arrows, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/147

BOW

Amazon region

This dark wooden bow retains its bindings and bow-string. Its centre is bound with leaves or bark, tied regularly with fine plant fibre string, and one end is bound with coarser string. Such a bow would be used, with long arrows, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/148

BOW

Amazon region

A dark wooden bow with pointed ends. The bow-string is missing but a piece of plant fibre cord is wound and tied around the bow. Such a bow would be used, with long arrows, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/149

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, wooden head and feather flights. The head has three sets of carved points and is bound to the shaft with strips of bark or leaf. The flights are becoming detached from the end of the shaft. Arrows such as this would be used for hunting animals.

11/1900/15

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and no flight. The wooden head has eight carved barbs and is bound to the shaft with fine thread. Similar plant fibre thread, bound around the nock, is coming undone. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/150

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and no flight. The shaft is bound at the nock-end with strips of leaf or bark. The bound split at the head-end would have held an arrow-head, now missing. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/151

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and no flight. The long, irregular wooden head is marked with wave patterns. The fine plant fibre binding, which attaches the head to the shaft, is coming undone. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/152

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, bone head and feather flight. The arrow-head and flight are bound to the shaft with fine strips of bark and with fibre thread. The shaft has wave, stepped and striped patterns. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/153

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, bone head and feather flight. The arrow-head and flight are bound to the shaft with fine strips of bark and with fibre thread, respectively. The shaft is coloured, perhaps with resin. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/154

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and wooden head with four carved barbs. The shaft is bound at its centre and each end with fine strips of bark or leaf. The feather flight is broken. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/155

SPEAR

Amazon region

A barbed wood point reinforced with a coating of resin or a resin and wax mixture. The feathers have been incorporated into the thread-work bindings and the spear has a blue half-feather flight. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/156

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, wooden head and feather flight. The arrow-head and flight are bound to the shaft with fine bark or leaf strips. The head has a large barbs protruding symmetrically from each side. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/157

ARROW

?Piro, Amazon region, ?Peru

Arrow with wooden shaft, leaf-shaped taboca cane blade, and damaged feather flights. Blade painted with curvilinear pattern and attached to shaft with elaborate binding of fine thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/158

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with feather flights, bound to cane shaft with narrow strips of bark. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/159

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a cane shaft and broad, leaf-shaped cane blade, bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips. The flights are missing but the bindings are present. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/16

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a cane shaft, leaf-shaped cane blade, and feather flights. The blade and flights are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/17

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, leaf-shaped cane blade, and feather flights. The blade and flights are bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips, which are loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/18

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/19

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT or WATER CONTAINER

Amazon region

Cane tube bound with bark or leaf strips. Museum documentation says that this object is a ‘water tube'. However, recent research indicates that it may be a musical wind-instrument, with part of the mouth-piece missing. Such instruments would be used by men, to represent spirit-voices in ceremonies. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/2

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, narrow cane blade, cane shaft, and no flights. The blade is bound to the shaft with bark or leaf strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/20

ARROW

Amazon region

Cane arrow shaft with no flights. One end is split and bound with narrow bark or leaf strips, coated with resin. The split probably originally held an arrow-head, perhaps made of bone or cane. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/24

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and wooden head. The tip of the head is carved into an extra point. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/25

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, plain wooden head and no flights. The end of the shaft near the head is split and bound with narrow bark or leaf strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/26

SPEAR

Amazon region

Flightless spear with a long, unilaterally serrated wooden point and bamboo shaft. The whole spear has been blackened, probably with smoke. The join of the point into the shaft is reinforced with fibre strip bindings. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/27

SPEAR

Amazon region

Flightless spear with a carved hardwood point, shaped into a small barb with lateral serrations below it. The join between the spear-head and the bamboo shaft is bound with an inner bark fibre strip, coated with a resin or resin and wax mixture. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/28

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, feather flights and blunt wooden head. The shaft is bound in three places with bark or leaf strips, and the flights bound with thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting shooting birds without damaging the skin or feathers. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/29

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/30

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, plain wooden head and no flights. The head is bound to the shaft with fine strips of vegetable material, and much of the shaft is stained black. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/31

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, plain wooden head and no flights. The head is bound to the shaft with fine strips of vegetable material. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/32

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/33

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with carved wooden head. The tip and shaft of the head have soft linear patterns. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/34

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and carved wooden head. The head is bound to the shaft with fine strips of vegetable material. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/35

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, carved wooden head. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/36

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft and long, plain wooden head. The head is bound to the shaft with fine strips of vegetable material. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/37

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/38

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, and a wooden head carved with a spiral shape. The nock is covered with intricately woven, fine plant fibre thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/39

BOW

Amazon region

A curved bow with a flat-convex cross-section, bound at one end with plant fibre cord and inner bark strips of either the Philodendron or Guatteria species. This bow would be used with long arrows for hunting animals. The bowstring is missing. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/4

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, plain wooden head and no flights. The head is bound to the shaft with fine plant fibre thread, and strips of plant material bound round the nock end are becoming undone. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/40

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a long, plain wooden head, cane shaft and no flights. The head and nock ends of the shaft are bound with fine plant fibre thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/41

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a wooden head carved with a spiral shape. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/42

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a cane shaft, long, plain wooden head and no flights. The head and nock ends of the shaft are bound with fine plant fibre thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/43

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, plain wooden head and no flights. The plain cane shaft has no bindings. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/44

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with long, plain wooden head, cane shaft and no flights. The head and nock ends of the shaft are bound with fine plant fibre thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/45

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/46

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/47

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/48

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and wooden head with eleven carved barbs. The feather flight, in poor condition, is becoming detached from the shaft to which it was bound with strips of bark or leaf. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/49

ARROW

Amazon region

Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/5

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, feather flight and wooden head with five carved barbs. The flight and head are bound to the shaft with fine strips of bark or leaf. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/50

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, wooden head with seven carved barbs, and no flights. The shaft is bound at each end and in the centre with strips of bark or leaf, which are becoming loose. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/51

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, feather flight, and wooden head with seven carved barbs. The flight and head are bound to the shaft with strips of bark or leaf, which are loose at the ends. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/52

ARROW

Amazon region

Cane arrow shaft with head and flights missing. The nock end is bound with fine strips of bark or leaf, now loose, which may have been used to attach flights. Such an arrow, when complete, would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals.

11/1900/53

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft, feather flight, and wooden head with eight carved barbs. The shaft is bound at each end with strips of bark or leaf, which bind the flight to the shaft. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/54

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with eight-barbed wooden point, smooth cane shaft and inner-bark fibre strip bindings. The flight of two parallel feathers has the quill's inner side and feather base cut away to help it lie close to the shaft. The flight is fixed to the shaft with the bindings. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/55

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with seven-barbed wooden point, smooth cane shaft and inner-bark fibre strip bindings. The flight's feathers are damaged and are fixed to the shaft with the bindings. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/56

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a leaf-shaped cane blade, smooth cane shaft and inner-bark fibre strip bindings. The blade is fixed to the shaft with the bindings. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/57

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/58

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a leaf-shaped cane blade, feather flights, smooth cane shaft and inner-bark fibre strip bindings. The bindings fix the blade and flight to the shaft. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/59

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a leaf-shaped cane blade, smooth cane shaft and inner-bark fibre strip bindings. The bindings fix the blade to the shaft. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/60

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with bone tip, wooden foreshaft, damaged feather flights and cane shaft. The tip is bound to the head with bark strip bindings. The foreshaft and flights are bound to the shaft with fine thread. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/61

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a bone head, black and white striped feather flights, cane shaft and bark strip bindings. Thread binds the head to the shaft, which is painted with criss-cross patterns in red. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/62

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with leaf-shaped cane blade and damaged feather flight, bound to a cane shaft with fine thread. The shaft has cipó bark wrappings and reddish patterns in resin. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/63

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with leaf-shaped cane blade, bound to a cane shaft with fine plant fibre thread. The nock end is also bound with thread, though no flight is present. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/64

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with leaf-shaped cane blade, bound to a cane shaft with inner-bark fibre strips. The nock end is loosely bound with thread, though no flight is present. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/65

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with concave leaf-shaped fourteen-barbed bamboo point, a wooden foreshaft, bamboo shaft, half-feather flight and shaped nock. There are thread and fibre strip bindings. This arrow would be used to hunt large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/66

ARROW

Amazon region

A bird-hunting arrow with a short blunt point extending from a rounded base. The blunt point stuns the bird without damaging the feathers. There are fibre strip bindings on the smooth cane shaft and thread bindings, perhaps cotton, around the parallel full feather flight. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/67

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with bone head bound to cane shaft with bark strips. The nock end is bound with fine thread, with feather flight traces remaining. The shaft is marked with dark wave patterns, perhaps in resin. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/68

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with bone head bound to cane shaft with bark strips. Damaged feather flights bound to shaft with fibre thread. Shaft marked with dark wave patterns, perhaps in resin, and with red stripes near flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/69

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a bone head, cane shaft and feather flights. The head is bound to the shaft with inner-bark strips and the feathers are attached with plant fibre string. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/70

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with a barbed bone point, painted foreshaft and shaft and full feather flight. The double bone points are made from the long bones of birds or mammals split down the middle and sharpened at both ends. The hollow side of the bone lies along the shaft. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/71

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with bone head, cane shaft and striped feather flights. The head is bound to the shaft with bark strips and the feathers are bound on with fibre string. The shaft has criss-cross patterns. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/72

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and feather flights, and with head missing. The shaft is marked with wave patterns, and strips of liane bark are criss-crossed round the shaft under the flight feathers. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/73

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with missing head. The cane shaft is bound with inner-bark strips in two places and painted with red stripes. The colourful feather flight, bound to the shaft with fine string, is becoming detached. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/74

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, damaged feather flights and plain wooden head. The cane shaft is bound with inner-bark strips and marked with wave patterns. The feathers are attached with fibre string. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/75

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, damaged feather flights and plain wooden head. The shaft is bound with inner-bark strips, the head and shaft painted with red stripes. The feathers are attached with fine fibre string. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/76

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, feather flights and a plain wooden head. The shaft is bound with inner-bark strips, and marked with red stripes and wave patterns. The feathers are attached with fine fibre string. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting asmall nimals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/77

ARROW

Amazon region

Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/78

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, feather flights and plain wooden head. The shaft is bound with inner-bark strips. The two feathers are attached with fine fibre string. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting small animals such as deer and monkeys. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/79

ARROW

Amazon region

11/1900/80

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a leaf-shaped cane blade. Feather flights bound to cane shaft with inner-bark strips. The blade is patterned and the nock is bound with fine string. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/81

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with wooden head carved with eleven barbs. The head and feather flights are bound to the cane shaft with inner-bark strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/82

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with wooden head carved with seven barbs. The head and damaged feather flights are bound to the shaft with inner-bark strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/83

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with wooden head carved with thirteen barbs. The head and damaged feather flights are bound to the shaft with inner-bark strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/84

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with missing head. The feather flight is bound to the shaft with inner-bark strips. There is a split in the shaft where the head might have been inserted, also bound with bark. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/85

ARROW

Amazon Region

Arrow, with wooden head carved with six barbs. Smooth cane shaft with inner-bark strip bindings. Half of the flight is missing but the feather is mottled red/brown and black. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/86

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with wooden head carved with fourteen barbs. The smooth cane shaft has inner-bark strip bindings. Half of the flight is becoming detached. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/87

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with bilaterally barbed hardwood point, a smooth cane shaft and a full feather flight. Shaft bound with inner-bark strips. Arrows with barbed wooden points such as this would be used for hunting large animals such as tapir and jaguar. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/88

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/89

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and feather flight. The shaft is bound at each end with dark strips of bark or leaf. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting. The arrowhead is missing from this example.

11/1900/9

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with cane shaft and black and white striped feather flight. The shaft is bound at each end with dark inner-bark strips, which are becoming loose. Arrows such as this would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting animals. The arrowhead is missing from this example.

11/1900/90

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a cane shaft, feather flight and leaf-shaped cane blade. The blade and flight are bound to the shaft with inner-bark strips. Half of the flight is missing. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/91

ARROW

Amazon region

Long arrow with a cane shaft, feather flight and leaf-shaped cane blade. The blade and flight are bound to the shaft with inner-bark strips. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/92

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/97

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/98

ARROW

Amazon region

Arrow with cane shaft, plain wooden head and no flights. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Collected before 1900.

11/1900/99

ARROW FRAGMENT

Amazon region

Leaf-shaped cane arrow-blade. The truncated shaft is bound to the blade with fine thread, possibly cotton. The blade is painted with geometric patterns in black and red. Such arrows would be used with a hardwood bow, for hunting large animals such as jaguar and tapir. Possibly collected before 1900.