Bow and arrows

Museum number:
5-15437a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210515437a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
a) Bow: wood, with leather decorative bands and sinew string. Length 175.0 cm. Diameter (at center) 2.4 cm. b) Arrow: with barbed iron tip (poisoned), leather binding where hafted, and three tiers of feathers at opposite end 120º apart. Length 81.4 cm. c) Ditto with spatula shaped iron point (poisoned). Length 87.0 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Dawari; Datoga; Barabaig; made by Katish, blacksmith
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 5-15437a-c, described as a) Bow: wood, with leather decorative bands and sinew string. Length 175.0 cm. Diameter (at center) 2.4 cm. b) Arrow: with barbed iron tip (poisoned), leather binding where hafted, and three tiers of feathers at opposite end 120º apart. Length 81.4 cm. c) Ditto with spatula shaped iron point (poisoned). Length 87.0 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 5-15437a-c, described as a) Bow: wood, with leather decorative bands and sinew string. Length 175.0 cm. Diameter (at center) 2.4 cm. b) Arrow: with barbed iron tip (poisoned), leather binding where hafted, and three tiers of feathers at opposite end 120º apart. Length 81.4 cm. c) Ditto with spatula shaped iron point (poisoned). Length 87.0 cm.

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