Arrow

Museum number:

11-42778

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Alternate number:

14 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.3562

Description:

Spear, bamboo and wood; wood blackened; 3 sections; head carved in undulating pattern; bamboo/wood joint wrapped; bamboo pyro-engraved; tip broken. 167.4 cm.

Donor:

Caroline Mytinger

Collection place:

Middle Fly River, Papua New Guinea

Collector:

Caroline Mytinger

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Arrows (projectiles)

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

July 22, 1980

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

length 167.4 centimeters