Arrow, part of a complete suit of Japanese armour. [MOBB [OPS move] 31/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow, part of a complete suit of Japanese armour. [MOBB [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Long description: Arrow comprised of a bamboo shaft, metal tip, and the fletching is comprised of one brown and cream speckled feather, one white feather and one dark brown feather. The shaft between the fletching is red, and there is lacquered binding above and below the fletching. [MOBB [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector J. Cole Hartland; PRM source Edwin Sidney Hartland
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Paper Plant, Material Metal, Material Pigment, Process Fletched, Process Wound, Process Painted, Process Notched, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Diameter: max 25 mm, Length: max 380 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.16.13.27
Research and responses: Note that some of the Japanese items are marked as being obtained by J. Cole Hartland and donated via his brother Edwin Sidney. It seems hard to believe that the other items from Japan were not also obtained by J. Cole Hartland. Note that there is no evidence to date that Edwin Sidney Hartland ever visited Japan [AP 16/2/2009]