Collection place: Eastern Africa / Culture or time period: Kenyan cultures / Function: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6965, described as Native name: nzabo-small bird arrow Arrow; reed shaft with 4 barbed point base of wood and woven twine coated with chalky substance; extended wood point inserted and ties to shaft with twine and sinew; 3 guinea hen feathers; l. 60 cm. Materials: reed, wood, guinea hen feathers, twine, sinew Used by young men to kill birds for eating and sometimes for feathers. This one for small birds. Made by men

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6942, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 58 cm; dia. 1 cm; head l. 11 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6938, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 61 cm; dia l. cm; head l. 12 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6939, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head inserted into foreshaft and wrapped with sinew. L. 60 cm. Head L. 3.5 cm. Dia 1.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6964, described as Native name: Kikaba- large bird arrow Arrow; reed shaft with barbed wood point inserted in shaft; fletched; l. 68 cm. Materials: reed; wood; feathers Used by young men to kill bird for eating and sometimes for feathers. This arrow is for large birds. Kikaba- with barbs carved on the point is used for shooting large birds. Nzabo-with separate barbs tied in at the base of the point is used for killing small birds. Made by men

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6941, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 59 cm; dia. 1 cm; head l. 9.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6940, described as Arrow; cane shaft with feathers wrapped with red raffia; iron head wrapped with sinew; l. 63 cm; dia. 1.5 cm; head l. 13.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6967, described as Native name: nzabo-small bird arrow Arrow; wood shaft with 4 barbed point base of wood and woven twine coated with lacquer like substance; extended wood point inserted and tied to shaft with twine and sinew; 3 white feathers; l. 62 cm. Materials: wood, twine, lacquer (?), feathers, sinew Used by young men to kill birds for eating and sometimes for feathers. This one for small birds. Made by men

Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6966, described as Native name: nzabo-small bird arrow Arrow; reed shaft with 4 barbed point base of wood and woven twine coated with chalky substance; extended wood point inserted and tied to shaft with twine and sinew; 3 guinea hen feathers; l. 60 cm. Materials: reed, wood, guinea hen feathers, twine, sinew coated with withe chalky substance Used by young men to kill birds for eating and sometimes for feathers. This one for small birds. Made by men