Socketed iron arrowhead with short leaf-shaped blade on a wooden shaft with decorated, bound and nocked end [RTS 6/6/2005].

Collection type: Object
Description: Socketed iron arrowhead with short leaf-shaped blade on a wooden shaft with decorated, bound and nocked end [RTS 6/6/2005].
Long description: Iron arrowhead with short, leaf-shaped blade with angular midrib running down the centre of each side and rounded shoulders, on a long solid tang, hammered to be almost circular in section then ending in a socketed base with a seam running up one side. This has been fitted onto the top of a shaft carved from a lightweight yellow wood (Pantone 7509C) with a concave notch cut across the end to create a shallow nocked butt. There is a narrow strip of plant fibre binding around the shaft 40 mm above the nock, with traces of pink staining that may be the remains of a fixative (Pantone 4705C). This is loose and appears to have slipped up the shaft; faint markings just above the nock suggest this was its original position. The lower part of the shaft has been decorated with what may be an owner's marking, consisting of a band of incised cross-hatching, inlaid with black material, possibly soot or charcoal. The arrow is complete and intact; the shaft is discoloured with gray to black material in patches over its surface. It has a weight of 76.2 grams and a total length of 1066 mm. The arrowhead is 193 mm long, with the blade portion being 51 mm long, 17.3 mm wide and 3.5 mm thick at the centre, while the socket has a diameter of 9.5 mm. The visible portion of the shaft is 873 mm long, with a body diameter of 8 mm and a nock length of 2 mm; the fibre binding is 7 mm long [RTS 6/6/2005]
Geographical reference: South Sudan
Africa > Eastern Africa > South Sudan; Eastern Equatoria Loryok
Cultural groups: Southern Laarim
Person: Field collector Jill Goudie; PRM source Patti Langton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 03/1979
Date collected: 20 - 25 March 1979
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1979
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Material Resin Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Socketed, Process Carved, Process Notched, Process Decorated, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 1066 mm, Length 193 mm arrowhead, Length 51 mm blade, Width 17.3 mm arrowhead, Length 873 mm shaft, Diameter 8 mm shaft, Weight 76.2 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1979.20.184 Other numbers: ∆36

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

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