- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Nocked bamboo arrow with hard wood head. The head is black in colour with shallow barbs in sections. [AB [OPS move] 27/6/2018]
- Geographical reference
- West Papua
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- By 1935
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Notched, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 13 mm, Length: max 1740 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.1374 Other numbers: 1935.174.6 - .7
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow
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