Bamboo harpoon shaft, with binding at socket for head with sennit, hide and red textile. Head and line missing. [VS [OPS move] 7/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo harpoon shaft, with binding at socket for head with sennit, hide and red textile. Head and line missing. [VS [OPS move] 7/9/2018]
Long description: Bamboo harpoon shaft, with binding at socket for head with sennit, hide and red textile. Head and line missing. The shaft has been cut in three, with dowling for reattachment. [VS [OPS move] 7/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Indian Institute, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1929
Date collected: By 1929
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1935
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Sennit Coconut Seed Fibre Plant, Material Textile, Process Sawn, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 2284 mm longest piece, Diameter: max 34 mm total, Length: max 5769 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.48.35
Research and responses: E. H. Man died in 1929. [CW 3/5/2000]

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