Arrow with cane shaft, cane foreshaft and ?bone tip. [MJD 05/01/2015]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow with cane shaft, cane foreshaft and ?bone tip. [MJD 05/01/2015]
Long description: Arrow with cane shaft, cane foreshaft and ?bone tip. The join between the shaft and foreshaft is covered with white material (possibly clay). The foreshaft has painted designs. The tip is secured to the end of the foreshaft with white material (possibly clay). [MJD 05/01/2015]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Dembibi
Person: Field collector Cooke Daniels expedition; PRM source William Cooke Daniels
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: 1904 - 1905
Acquisition information: Donated: 1905
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Clay, Material Pigment, Material Bone, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 1610 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1905.63.39.1 Other numbers: Cooke Daniels number 39

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