- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Arrow with missing tip. For associated quiver see [1935.74.3], and for other arrows in set see [1935.74.5 - .9] [EH [OPS move] 11/9/2017]
- Long description
- Arrow with wooden head, bamboo shaft, bird feather fletching and wooden nock. No tip. Binding where the feather is connected to the shaft and at both ends of the shaft, the binding covered in resin. [EH [OPS move] 11/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Ainu アイヌ
- Person
- Field collector John Batchelor
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Alan Herbert Coltart
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- By 1935
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1935
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Material Resin Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 20 mm, Depth: max 8 mm, Length: max 447 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1935.74.4
- Research and responses
According to Kirsten Yumiko Taguchi (1974) An annotated catalogue of Ainu material, Lund: Studentlitteratur: The Christian Missionary Rev. John Batchelor arrived on Hokkaido on 1 May 1877 and lived in Japan until he retired to England in 1942. He worked with the Ainu from 1878. He left twice, once on a trip to England and the second trip left him stranded in Australia during WWI. He died in England in 1944 at the age of 91. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 21/01/2011]
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Arrow