Bird arrow

Museum number:
5-2642
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Bird arrow; large blunt wooden end inset into split cane; piece of fox skin for feathering; skin and knob (point) affixed with beeswax and glue; 27 inches long.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Luvale, Luchazi, Kangale, Mbunda, Lunda, Chokwe, Lozi tribes
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bird arrow, accession number 5-2642, described as Bird arrow; large blunt wooden end inset into split cane; piece of fox skin for feathering; skin and knob (point) affixed with beeswax and glue; 27 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird arrow, accession number 5-2642, described as Bird arrow; large blunt wooden end inset into split cane; piece of fox skin for feathering; skin and knob (point) affixed with beeswax and glue; 27 inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird arrow, accession number 5-2642, described as Bird arrow; large blunt wooden end inset into split cane; piece of fox skin for feathering; skin and knob (point) affixed with beeswax and glue; 27 inches long.

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