Arrow with metal head. For associated quiver and other arrows in set see [1909.21.7 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow with metal head. For associated quiver and other arrows in set see [1909.21.7 .1 - .26]. [EH [OPS move] 20/9/2017]
Long description: Arrow, consisting of bamboo shaft, barbed metal head, palm leaf fletching and bluntly curved nock. The shaft is bound with plant fibre at both ends, and is coated at the head end with black resin, probably poison. Most of the fletching is missing. [EH [OPS move] 20/9/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Robert Gosset Woodthorpe; PRM source Edward Thomas Wilson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Metal, Material Resin Plant, Material Poison, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Fletched
Dimensions: Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 635 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.21.7.3

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