Arrow. Composite; bamboo mainshaft and one sided barbed wooden self-point. Two SNANKATI feathers attached at nock and fletching. Traces of TZINE.RI resin. Proximal and distal fletching wrapping done with handspun cotton. 150.5 cm by 1 cm.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection place:
above Contamana, Ucayali River, Eastern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Campa Indians above Cantamara, Ucayah River, Eastern Peru
Culture or time period:
Ajyíninka Apurucayal (Campa Indians)
Collector:
V. D. Martin
Collection date:
1931
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1931
Context of use:
For hunting small game and fish, and also used for defense by men only. (See accession envelope.)