Arrow with feather fletching and no head. For associated quiver and arrows see [1909.21.8 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow with feather fletching and no head. For associated quiver and arrows see [1909.21.8 .1 - .15] [EH [OPS move] 22/9/2017]
Long description: Arrow, consisting of cane shaft and fletching of angularly cut black and white feathers. The head end of the shaft is carved to slightly taper, but there is no head. Between the feathers of the fletching the shaft has been bound with yellow thread stitched in a diamond pattern over three bands of gold foil. Notched nock, painted black. [EH [OPS move] 22/9/2017]
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 Cane Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bird Feather, Material Foil Metal, Material Yarn, Process Carved, Process Fletched, Process Bound, Process Notched, Process Stitched, Process Painted
Dimensions: Depth: max 14 mm, Width: max 16 mm, Length: max 580 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.21.8.9

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