Poisoned arrow small leaf-shaped barbed iron head, and not feathered, feathering possibly lost

Collection type: Object
Description: Poisoned arrow small leaf-shaped barbed iron head, and not feathered, feathering possibly lost
Long description: Poisoned arrow. Formed of a wooden shaft, one end carved into a nock, the other end with a leaf shaped, blunt tipped metal head with barbed tang and bound with ?fibre. For the associated objects for this record see [1921.9.211 - 217] [BS [OPS move] 19/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Mount Elgon
Cultural groups: Sabei
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Poison, Process Fletched
Dimensions: Length: max 669 mm, Diameter: max 7 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.218
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8