Arrow with reed shaft and bone head. [ASh [OPS move] 6/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow with reed shaft and bone head. [ASh [OPS move] 6/10/2017]
Long description: Arrow with reed shaft and bone head. The bone head is covered with an unknown substance (poison?). The bone tip is pointed. The tail end is notched. The tail end and intersections between the shaft and head are bound with sinew and plant fibre. [ASh [OPS move] 6/10/2017]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Kalahari Desert
Cultural groups: Khoe-San
Person: Field collector G.H. Sadd; PRM source G.H. Sadd
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Purchased: 06/1900
Materials and processes: Material Bone, Material Reed Plant, Material Poison, Material Animal Sinew, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Notched
Dimensions: Length: max 586 mm, Diameter: max 8 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.69.1.8
Research and responses: The donor index gives the name as ?A.H. Sadd rather than GH Sadd [AP 30/1/2004]

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