Cross bow bolt made from cane with fletched with plant leaf inserted into split in cane at one end sharpened to a point at other end. [FB 27/01/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cross bow bolt made from cane with fletched with plant leaf inserted into split in cane at one end sharpened to a point at other end. [FB 27/01/2014]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Sümi Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Loaned: 12/1919 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Process Fletched, Process Split, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 371 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.458.14

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