Long rod-shaped arrow with rusted triangular metal arrow head incised with linear grooves and bound to the shaft with fibre. [MJD 13/12/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long rod-shaped arrow with rusted triangular metal arrow head incised with linear grooves and bound to the shaft with fibre. [MJD 13/12/2012]
Long description: Long rod-shaped arrow with rusted triangular metal arrow head incised with linear grooves and bound to the shaft with fibre. Opposite end of the arrow has three white feather flyers bound to the shaft by fibre and a carved square notch bound by black fibre at the tip. Rectangular and dotted geometric design painted at each end of the shaft. [MJD 13/12/2012]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of
Person: Field collector Evelyn Mary Foxley; Field collector Dorothy Mary Meadows; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source Evelyn Mary Foxley; PRM source Dorothy Mary Meadows
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1952
Date collected: Foxley 1933-38 Meadows 1944-52
Acquisition information: Donated: 09/1995
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bird Feather, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Bound, Process Incised, Process Fletched
Dimensions: Length 630 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1995.21.43

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