1942.8.83.5

Collection type

Object

Description

Bamboo arrow with socketed iron point. For associated quiver and other arrows see [1942.8.83 .1 - .12] [EH [OPS move] 14/9/2017]

Long description

Arrow with bamboo shaft and socketed pointed iron head. Notched nock, and a fletching of black feathers, the bamboo bound between the fletching with string. Black ?poison resin on the base of the head and top of the shaft.[EH [OPS move] 14/9/2017]

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Manipur

Cultural groups

Thado

Person

Field collector John Henry Hutton

Field collector James Philip Mills

Field collector Henry Balfour

PRM source John Henry Hutton

PRM source James Philip Mills

PRM source Henry Balfour

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1939?, uncertain

Date collected

?By 1939

Acquisition information

Donated: 08/1942, uncertain Found unentered: 1942

Materials and processes

Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Iron Metal, Material String, Material Poison, Material Resin Plant, Process Fletched, Process Socketed, Process Bound

Dimensions

Length: max 540 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Depth: max 6 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1942.8.83.5 Other PRM accession number: 1942.8.83e

Research and responses

Monkshood, also called Wolfsbane, or Aconite (genus Aconitum), any of 100 or more species of poisonous, perennial herbs of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). All species contain the powerful poison aconitine. Source: Encylopaedia Britannica

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow, Poison