Selk'nam arrowhead, "heurh"

1801-1900

Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid
Madrid, Spain

Arrowheads were made of stone. After contact with Europeans they began to make them of glass, with fragments of bottles. The characteristic shape is triangular, with a stem and two barbs.

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Title: Selk'nam arrowhead, "heurh"
Date: 1801-1900
Location: Tierra del Fuego Province (Chile) and Tierra del Fuego, Anctartica and South Atlantic Islands Province (Argentina)
Type: Weapons
Original Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología
Rights: Museo Nacional de Antropología
Medium: Glass
Photographer: Javier Rodríguez Barrera

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