Arrows

Museum number:
5-3038a-d
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
58 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Arrows: Kwewt; cane foreshaft; barbed iron point; nock-end and point attached with sinew; unfeathered. A) 28.5 inches; B) 24.75 inches; C) 26.5 inches; D) 24.25 inches.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Materials:
Cane (plant material)
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 1 of 2 titled Arrows, accession number 5-3038a-d, described as Arrows: Kwewt; cane foreshaft; barbed iron point; nock-end and point attached with sinew; unfeathered. A) 28.5 inches; B) 24.75 inches; C) 26.5 inches; D) 24.25 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Arrows, accession number 5-3038a-d, described as Arrows: Kwewt; cane foreshaft; barbed iron point; nock-end and point attached with sinew; unfeathered. A) 28.5 inches; B) 24.75 inches; C) 26.5 inches; D) 24.25 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrows, accession number 5-3038a-d, described as Arrows: Kwewt; cane foreshaft; barbed iron point; nock-end and point attached with sinew; unfeathered. A) 28.5 inches; B) 24.75 inches; C) 26.5 inches; D) 24.25 inches.

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