Object class: Projectiles with nonexplosive propellant / Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Materials: Iron (metal)

Start Over Object class Projectiles with nonexplosive propellant Culture or time period Western African cultures Materials Iron (metal)

Museum number:: 5-10210a-j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: g— length 81.7 centimeters, b,c— length 81 centimeters, h— length 80.6 centimeters, f— length 80.5 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, a— length 80 centimeters, e— length 82.3 centimeters, and d,j— length 81.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

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