Arrow
- Museum number:
- 11-43904
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110043904
- Accession number:
- Acc.4428
- Description:
- arrow, wood; two-piece; bamboo shaft pyroengraved in intricate geometric design; attached with rattan lashing to painted, carved hardwood point; l. 43904 130 cm.; 43905 124 cm.; 43906 119 cm.
- Donor:
- Joan Wescott
- Collection place:
- Papua New Guinea
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Melanesia, New Guinea unsp.
- Collector:
- Joan Wescott
- Materials:
- Bamboo (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Arrows (projectiles)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
- Accession date:
- July 25, 1989
- Context of use:
- hunting or warfare
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- length 130 centimeters