Cane arrow; wooden square 4 barbed prong point 3” long; black & brown striped feathers; 54 1/2” long; a bird arrow. For shooting small birds a bamboo arrow is used. One end is split a little way, 5 or 6”, into 3, 4, or 5 sections. These are sharpened and notched and are held apart by small wedges securely fixed by wrappings of cord. If the bird is not impaled on one of the sharp points it may be held in the fork. See Wm. A. Reed, Negriots of Zambales, p. 47 and Pl. XLII, figs. 2,3,4
Donor:
David P. Barrows
Collection place:
Zambales Province, Central Luzon region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Negrito
Collector:
David P. Barrows
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1953
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 9, 1965–November 9, 1965)