Arrow made from cane with carved bamboo head. For associated quiver see .1, for other associated arrows see .2 - .5, .7 - .13, and for associated plain stick see .14. [AF [OPS move] 28/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow made from cane with carved bamboo head. For associated quiver see .1, for other associated arrows see .2 - .5, .7 - .13, and for associated plain stick see .14. [AF [OPS move] 28/9/2017]
Long description: Arrow made from cane with carved bamboo head. For associated quiver see .1, for other associated arrows see .2 - .5, .7 - .13, and for associated plain stick see .14. The bamboo head is bound to the shaft with plant fibre and coated with resin. The tail end is fletched with four pieces of plant leaf, set into notches and bound with plant fibre. [AF [OPS move] 28/9/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Assam Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalaya
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Robert Gosset Woodthorpe; PRM source J. Dalton Woodthorpe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1916
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Plant Fibre, Material Poison, Process Bound, Process Fletched, Process Carved, Process Notched
Dimensions: Depth: max 9 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 557 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1916.10.5.6

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