1944.10.77

Collection type

Object

Description

Carved cane arrow shaft with bound and nocked end [RTS 27/5/2005].

Long description

Arrow shaft cut from a length of yellowish brown cane (Pantone 730C) with parts of 5 segments preserved along its length. The top of the shaft has been shaved slightly, and hollowed out to form a socket, into which the tanged base of the arrowhead would have originally fitted and then been bound round with hide strips, now missing, although a reserved band around the shaft shows where this had been seated. This binding was designed to prevent the shaft splitting on impact. The lower part of the shaft has been similar bound with a grayish brown hide (Pantone Warm Gray 10C) just above the nocked butt, which has 2 rectangular notches cut into opposite sides. The shaft is complete in itself, but has split badly down its upper body, with further hairline cracks in the butt. It has a weight of 12 grams, a length of 604 mm, diameter of 8.3 by 7.6 mm and a nock length of 13 mm, while the binding is 14 mm long and 2 mm wide [RTS 27/5/2005].

Geographical reference

Sudan, Republic of

Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of

Blue Nile Darfung

Cultural groups

Burun

Person

Field collector L. Gorringe

PRM source Mrs L. Gorringe

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1912

Date collected

1902 - 1912

Acquisition information

Donated: 1944

Materials and processes

Material Cane Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Notched, Process Socketed, Process Bound

Dimensions

Length 14 mm binding, Length 604 mm, Length 13 mm nock, Diameter: max 8.3 mm, Weight 12 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1944.10.77

Research and responses

Dar Fung seems to be the same as Darfung, in the Roseires Dam region of the Blue Nile administrative district (see http://www.calle.com/world/sudan/Da.html) [RTS 14/10/2003].

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Hunting, Arrow, Arrow Shaft, Weapon