Steel-tipped, barbed arrow with bamboo shaft. For associated bow, quiver and other arrows in set see [1967.16.7 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Steel-tipped, barbed arrow with bamboo shaft. For associated bow, quiver and other arrows in set see [1967.16.7 .1 - .24] [EH [OPS move] 19/9/2017]
Long description: Arrow consisting of bamboo shaft with a steel-tipped barbed arrow and a notched nock. The head end and the nock end of the shaft are bound with bark strips, the binding at the head end continuing onto the tang of the head. The binding at the head end is coated with powdery resin. The binding at the head end is unravelling and one of the barbs is missing. [EH [OPS move] 19/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person: Field collector Hubert Frank Mathews; PRM source Hubert Frank Mathews
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1920-1929
Date collected: circa 1920 - 1929
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1967
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Resin Plant, Process Bound, Process Notched
Dimensions: Length: max 635 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Depth: max 8 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1967.16.7.6

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