Arrow. With a barbed metal head with extending tang, it is coated with black coloured ?poison. The tang is fixed into the bamboo shaft with red/brown coloured sinew. [AB [OPS move] 5/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow. With a barbed metal head with extending tang, it is coated with black coloured ?poison. The tang is fixed into the bamboo shaft with red/brown coloured sinew. [AB [OPS move] 5/10/2017]
Long description: Arrow. With a barbed metal head with extending tang, it is coated with black coloured ?poison. The tang is fixed into the bamboo shaft with red/brown coloured sinew. For the associated quiver see 1887.1.62 .1 and the arrows 1887.1.62 .2 - .10 [AB [OPS move] 5/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Sierra Leone
Africa > Western Africa > Sierra Leone
Cultural groups: Mandinka
Person: Field collector J.H. Wiggins; Field collector J.H. Higgins; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: By 1886
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Sinew, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 656 mm, Width: max 13 mm, Depth: max 8 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.1.62.4

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