Bamboo arrow with socketed barbed iron head. For associated quiver and other arrows see [1942.8.83 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo arrow with socketed barbed iron head. 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 pointed barbed iron head. Notched nock, with no fletching surviving. 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 Poison, Material Iron Metal, Material String, Material Resin Plant, Process Bound, Process Socketed
Dimensions: Length: max 560 mm, Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 22 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.8.83.10 Other PRM accession number: 1942.8.83j
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

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