Accession No

1934.1174 A-E


Description

Five bone arrowheads. Each roughly triangular in shape; smooth blades. Some with part of their tangs still attached. Brown coloured accretions and some loss to the surface.


Place

Asia; East Asia; ?China; ?Henan Province; ?Anyang; ?South Korea; ?North Korea


Period

Shang [Yin] Dynasty


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1934.1174 A-E


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

16mm x 11mm x 83mm


Events

Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by donor in London.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
Later annotation on the catalogue card in Geoffrey Bushnell's hands reads: 'ANYANG (area) YIN dynasty (XIII c. B.C.)'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Five bone arrow heads, ancient.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in Louis Clarke's handwriting reads: 'They might conceivably be Corean [sic].'
Event Date 1934
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Display)
Exhibited at the Clarke Gallery, 2001 - 2010.
Event Date 5/2001
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Analysis)
The Yin Dynasty, is more commonly known as the 'Shang Dynasty', which dates from the 16th century – c. 1046 BC.
Event Date 19/6/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Five bone arrowheads, each triangular in shape and some with their tangs still attached. Some of the arrowheads have brown coloured accretions and some loss to the surface.
Event Date 19/6/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Five bone arrowheads. Each roughly triangular in shape; smooth blades. Some with part of their tangs still attached. Brown coloured accretions and some loss to the surface.
Event Date 1/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Analysis)
The Accession Register and catalogue card both document the place of origin of the objects as China. However Louis Clarke, when creating the catalogue card, also noted that the objects might have been Korean, while Geoffrey Bushnell later identified the objects as Chinese, specifically from the Anyang area. As such, the record's Place field currently documents both China and Korea as possible place of origin.
Event Date 3/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang


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