Bamboo arrow fletched with leaf. For associated quiver see [1934.12.17 .1] and group of arrows [1934.12.17 .2

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo arrow fletched with leaf. For associated quiver see [1934.12.17 .1] and group of arrows [1934.12.17 .2 - .11] [EH [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
Long description: Bamboo arrow fletched with leaf. Carved to a point at one end, and the other has a carved nock, plant fibre wrapped around, and has been split and the leaf fletching inserted. Only some of the leaves remain. [EH [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Assam Arunachal Pradesh
Cultural groups: Nyishi
Person: Field collector George Aitken Fitzadam-Ormiston; PRM source Ellen Margaret Fitzadam-Ormiston
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1895
Date collected: circa 1895
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934
Materials and processes: Material Plant Leaf, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Fletched, Process Split, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 6 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 545 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.12.17.4
Research and responses: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, the Dafla are a tribal people of eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, a mountainous state in northeastern India. Dafla is also the name of hills in the region. Assam is bounded to the north by Arunachal Pradesh, and thus both locations have tentatively been suggested as provenances here. [CW 29/3/2000]

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