Accession No

TEMP.00043


Description

Arrow - A bundle of 6 unaccessioned arrows with cane shafts, 3 of which have notches on the base. The arrows have wooden points carved in segments. Description made on sight of objects in September 2013 by collections staff.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; British New Guinea


Period


Source

?Unknown; ?Yorke, A. C.


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00043


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Cane


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
A bundle of 6 arrows from British New Guinea with no known provenance and no identifying labels. Found tied with E 1904.417 and so could possibly be the remaining arrows collected by A.C. Yorke from the Collingwood Bay area.
Event Date 7/1/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
A bundle of 6 unaccessioned arrows with cane shafts, 3 of which have notches on the base. The arrows have wooden points carved in segments. Description made on sight of objects in September 2013 by collections staff.
Event Date 7/1/2015
Author: maa


FM:267938

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