- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Arrow, fletched with brown feathers [JFK 6/3/2017]
- Long description
- Arrow with wooden shaft, fletched with dark brown feathers. The shaft is incised with bands of lines at both ends, and has a notched nock end. There is a barbed metal head, and is tightly bound with a stripe of hid. [BH [OPS move] 6/12/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Tanzania Lake Eyasi Mbulu District Arusha Region Barai River
- Cultural groups
- Hatsa
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1984
- Date collected
- 1984
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1984
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Animal Part, Material Resin Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Fletched, Process Notched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 890 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Depth: max 32 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1984.30.4
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow
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