Bird arrow

Museum number:
5-3039
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Bird arrow; Tafut; cane shaft; unfeathered; head is large ball of beeswax; 21.5 inches long.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bird arrow, accession number 5-3039, described as Bird arrow; Tafut; cane shaft; unfeathered; head is large ball of beeswax; 21.5 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird arrow, accession number 5-3039, described as Bird arrow; Tafut; cane shaft; unfeathered; head is large ball of beeswax; 21.5 inches long.

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