Root cause of ARROW-1167 **Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1177) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1177) / @wesm #### Related issues: - [Arrow 0.5.0 release](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16644) (blocks) - [[Python] Create chunked BinaryArray in Table.from_pandas when a column's data exceeds 2GB](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16837) (relates to) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-1177](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1177). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>