Arrow with bamboo shaft, feather fletching and square tip. For associated bow and quiver see [1894.54.1 .1 - .3], and for group of arrows see [1894.54.1 .4

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow with bamboo shaft, feather fletching and square tip. For associated bow and quiver see [1894.54.1 .1 - .3], and for group of arrows see [1894.54.1 .4 - .12] [EH [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
Long description: Arrow with bamboo shaft, square iron tip and fletching made from brown and white feathers. The end of the arrow is notched to form a nock, and bound with thin reddish brown ?bark. [EH [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Asia > Eastern Asia > Korea, Republic of (South Korea); Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
Asia > Eastern Asia > Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
Person: Field collector William George Aston; PRM source William George Aston; PRM source Edward Burnett Tylor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1894
Date collected: By 1894
Acquisition information: Donated: 1894
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Iron Metal, Material Bark Wood Plant, Process Fletched, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 15 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 850 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1894.54.1.4
Research and responses: See Tylor papers P8 Peek for a letter from Peek to Tylor promising the bow and some Korean pottery [AP 09/04/2013]